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This is my favorite feature of KDE Connect on Linux.
KDE Connect can integrate seamlessly with iPhones?
Presumably, with some fanangling. I use Android these days so I'm not sure how hard Apple makes it.
Gnome is better macOS than macOS
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Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#52I will never get used to Gnomes lack of native support for minimizing windows. I actually had to lookup how they expected users to manage windows, as it was not obvious to me. Apparently you’re supposed to move windows to another virtual desktop to get them out of the way. As someone who has never really clicked with virtual desktop, this doesn’t work for me. This feels like such a glaring omission of a convention th…
Have you tried Cinnamon? I've been happily using it for years, Cinnamon is pretty much GNOME before GNOME started getting bastardized. GNOME these days is pretty much two devs having very strong opinions about how the DE should serve them with no regards to usability or other users; I wouldn't hope that it will improve in the future.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#53I love Gnome! I understand it's not for everyone, but it certainly doesn't deserve all the hate it receives.
The only thing about Gnome3 I like is it does not give me eye strain like KDE 1 -- 5 does. I have yet to use KDE6. Granted with each release KDE is getting better with eye strain, but it still happens.
With Gnome, no issues at all. With that said, I prefer KDE far more than Gnome due to its configurability. With v5 I can deal with the eye strain, hoping v6 is better. In the old days, with KDE v3, after 15 minutes my eyes were bleeding.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#54I will never get used to Gnomes lack of native support for minimizing windows. I actually had to lookup how they expected users to manage windows, as it was not obvious to me. Apparently you’re supposed to move windows to another virtual desktop to get them out of the way. As someone who has never really clicked with virtual desktop, this doesn’t work for me. This feels like such a glaring omission of a convention th…
After years with i3 on Linux, then macOS, then Gnome for a few months, and back to i3 again, that will be a decade since I've minimized any windows. I'm either closing a window if I don't need it anymore or move it somewhere else.
I know habits and workflows can be difficult to adjust. But an alternate paradigm can be as useful as the one you're used to.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
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> As someone who has never really clicked with virtual desktop, this doesn’t work for me. This feels like such a glaring omission of a convention that has been around for decades (even in past versions of Gnome). As someone who uses Gnome simply because IMHO the alternatives like KDE are worse, I came to the conclusion that these people do not work on desktop computers. It feels like an interface designed for tablets…
I'm a KDE User, by no means a power user. I would love to know what makes KDE Worse over GNOME, I come from Windows Land so its workflows tended to work best for me. but I can see from a MacOS User how GNOME might fit their habits better.
Don't get me wrong, KDE is a great desktop. There is nothing I can point out especially. I do not like the feel of KDE. It's just my opinion, not law.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#56I will never get used to Gnomes lack of native support for minimizing windows. I actually had to lookup how they expected users to manage windows, as it was not obvious to me. Apparently you’re supposed to move windows to another virtual desktop to get them out of the way. As someone who has never really clicked with virtual desktop, this doesn’t work for me. This feels like such a glaring omission of a convention th…
I've used GNOME for years, and I'm not a heavy workspace user. I don't remember the last time I wanted a minimize action. If you really do want it, you can use GNOME Tweaks or Refine, which is the modern equivalent. Someone is working on an XDG Desktop Portal setting as well for the window actions.
I use macOS at work, and I've used Windows in the past. I still never use a minimize option. Maybe I'm weird, but I've never understood the use for it.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#57GNOME is underfunded - bugs are not fixed for years, PRs are not reviewed for months. It might look more shiny on the surface, but once you realize something doesn't work - you're on your own. See for example this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/4051 Nobody is assigned to fix these.
> Nobody is assigned to fix these. Who would be assigning people to the issues? People scratch their own itches or work on what their employer needs them to do.
> work on what their employer needs them to do.
That's precisely what I meant - there are no employees that are assigned by their employer to ensure GNOME works. That's why the comparison with macOS makes no sense.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#58GNOME is underfunded - bugs are not fixed for years, PRs are not reviewed for months. It might look more shiny on the surface, but once you realize something doesn't work - you're on your own. See for example this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/4051 Nobody is assigned to fix these.
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Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#59I will never get used to Gnomes lack of native support for minimizing windows. I actually had to lookup how they expected users to manage windows, as it was not obvious to me. Apparently you’re supposed to move windows to another virtual desktop to get them out of the way. As someone who has never really clicked with virtual desktop, this doesn’t work for me. This feels like such a glaring omission of a convention th…
IMHO the Gnome team should bake in Dash to Dock and Desktop Icons NG into the core package. To me they are essential to get a proper functioning desktop in Gnome and it blows my mind that they are just 3rd party extensions when really it should be 1st party support. Ubuntu already does this with their build.
What advantages do they bring in so that they need to be baked in? Like a good comparison between what you do with them and how problematic do you think the idiomatic interaction is.
Re: Gnome is better macOS than macOS
#60Off topic from the article, but please stop setting video elements to “auto play”. It makes browsing on mobile a miserable experience.