What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
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What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
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Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#2that are actually the small little things which are fast on a Mac. This seconds of thought are also clearly visible on some Ubuntu machines... Gnome is not always optimized and Snap programs make you think your laptop is frozen.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#3that are actually the small little things which are fast on a Mac. This seconds of thought are also clearly visible on some Ubuntu machines... Gnome is not always optimized and Snap programs make you think your laptop is frozen.
Contrary to release notes latest Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 20.04 is slower on my machine compared to the previous one in 19.10. That's why I switched to XFCE which is super snappy. Not i3 snappy, but really close.
I've also experienced increased startup time with Snap, Flatpak and AppImages regardless of DE.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#4that are actually the small little things which are fast on a Mac. This seconds of thought are also clearly visible on some Ubuntu machines... Gnome is not always optimized and Snap programs make you think your laptop is frozen.
Contrary to release notes latest Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 20.04 is slower on my machine compared to the previous one in 19.10. That's why I switched to XFCE which is super snappy. Not i3 snappy, but really close. I've also experienced increased startup time with Snap, Flatpak and AppImages regardless of DE.
That must be some Ubuntu-related issue, GNOME 3.26 on Wayland on NixOS is as snappy as it always was. Pretty much everything is instant.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#5that are actually the small little things which are fast on a Mac. This seconds of thought are also clearly visible on some Ubuntu machines... Gnome is not always optimized and Snap programs make you think your laptop is frozen.
Contrary to release notes latest Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 20.04 is slower on my machine compared to the previous one in 19.10. That's why I switched to XFCE which is super snappy. Not i3 snappy, but really close. I've also experienced increased startup time with Snap, Flatpak and AppImages regardless of DE.
> Not i3 snappy
i3 isn't even snappy, the default application launcher can take up to 10 seconds to open on my old laptop.
There is a faster application launcher you can use instead, but you have to hunt through github issues to find out about it. The i3 project maintainers seem to actively object to telling users about 3rd party components and simultaneously refuse to integrate them or improve the default behaviour.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#6that are actually the small little things which are fast on a Mac. This seconds of thought are also clearly visible on some Ubuntu machines... Gnome is not always optimized and Snap programs make you think your laptop is frozen.
Contrary to release notes latest Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 20.04 is slower on my machine compared to the previous one in 19.10. That's why I switched to XFCE which is super snappy. Not i3 snappy, but really close. I've also experienced increased startup time with Snap, Flatpak and AppImages regardless of DE.
I find Gnome in general to be terribly bloated. There are so many other options on linux that get you minimal looking desktops without eating your resources in the background.
Of course, the problem is often that with other options some assembly is probably required. But looking at the mess gnome extensions are, that might actually be not that much of a difference.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#7If you have VS Code installed, the JSON configuration for the Windows Terminal won't open in Notepad.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Contrary to release notes latest Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 20.04 is slower on my machine compared to the previous one in 19.10. That's why I switched to XFCE which is super snappy. Not i3 snappy, but really close. I've also experienced increased startup time with Snap, Flatpak and AppImages regardless of DE.
> Not i3 snappy i3 isn't even snappy, the default application launcher can take up to 10 seconds to open on my old laptop. There is a faster application launcher you can use instead, but you have to hunt through github issues to find out about it. The i3 project maintainers seem to actively object to telling users about 3rd party components and simultaneously refuse to integrate them or improve the default behaviour.
Are you talking about dmenu?
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#9If you have VS Code installed, the JSON configuration for the Windows Terminal won't open in Notepad.
The config file still seems like a cop-out for "we couldn't be arsed to build a GUI settings editor". Excusable at alpha/beta, not a final release.
Command prompt & Powershell both have GUI settings editors.
Re: What Microsoft got right about power users, but not quite
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Contrary to release notes latest Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 20.04 is slower on my machine compared to the previous one in 19.10. That's why I switched to XFCE which is super snappy. Not i3 snappy, but really close. I've also experienced increased startup time with Snap, Flatpak and AppImages regardless of DE.
> Not i3 snappy i3 isn't even snappy, the default application launcher can take up to 10 seconds to open on my old laptop. There is a faster application launcher you can use instead, but you have to hunt through github issues to find out about it. The i3 project maintainers seem to actively object to telling users about 3rd party components and simultaneously refuse to integrate them or improve the default behaviour.
Are you talking about dmenu? That's always been fast on my machine (sway, not i3).