Lobotomizing Gnome

Post by SkyMarshal » Thu, May 31, 2018, 1:58 AM UTC

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Switching to Arch was revelatory, and I've been using some form of Linux at work or home since 2001. It's hard for me to describe, or quantify. But it's almost like, with a distro that embraces the Linux-ness of Linux, one that's not trying to be like Mac OS or Windows, you're able to cut to the heart of your user experience and make it your own. Plus, rolling release, bro. I don't need monolithic version releases, I…

Arch is insanely stable given it uses rolling updates. I'm not quite sure how they pull it off. I've had far worse problems with Fedora and Ubuntu, which sometimes are not even fixable because you can't easily update to the latest upstream releases (most noticeably with the kernel). On Arch, I run `pacman -Syu` every month and my system stays up to date with basically no downtime.

Post by lokedhs » Thu, May 31, 2018, 3:29 AM UTC

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As someone who heavily uses the super key in Emacs, I disagree with you. It's getting pretty difficult to turn off that feature (is it even possible in recent versions of Gnome?). Also, the Super-o shortcut to lock screen rotation (on a compute, really?) is hardcoded in the window manager and can't be disabled at all. That's really great when you have APL symbols mapped to it.

Thought emacs used Ctrl? I use Mate, though gnome3 has infected many of the apps, such as the two mentioned above. Think you have to enable super-search by opting in to one of the advance start menus under it.

Post by baud147258 » Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:43 AM UTC

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Or you block the download of updates via setting the wi-fi as a metered connection.

Not sure if that trick works any more in recent updates.

Post by megaman22 » Thu, May 31, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

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keyle wrote: post #3

I recently switched to Linux (from Windows 10 - forced upgrade took 45' in the middle of an extremely important moment) Debian netinstall + Mate desktop (Gnome 2/3 extension?) I expected to switch back within a week. Surprisingly, I love it. After a few tweaks and Nvidia drivers installed, it's way better than I expected. Super fast, minimal, and no annoyances. Linux desktop really has improved in the last 20 years,…

2018 is, after all, the year of the Linux desktop. I was surprised to find that Ubuntu 16.04 worked better on my Thinkpad T450s than the stock Windows 10 install (which came with a lot of crapware). I had sound stutters and mult-monitor issues on Windows, and everything worked out of the box on Ubuntu.

Post by aerique » Thu, May 31, 2018, 12:51 PM UTC

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I had more or less the same situation with my last remaining Windows machine (mainly for games). I thought Windows reboots were supposed to get less over the years but it has only gotten worse and I've got less autonomy over them with Windows 10. Go away from your computer for a little while and come back to a reboot (a little hyperbole). Now my gaming PC run Void Linux and with native Steam and Wine (PlayOnLinux, Lu…

> Now my gaming PC run Void Linux and with native Steam and Wine (PlayOnLinux, Lutris) I've got access to most of my game library. It's easier to just ignore the few games that do not work on Linux nowadays. Do you have this setup online somewhere, like a blog post or a git repo?