gtk3, gtk4 (probably?) qt, qt in flatpak, gtk3 in flatpak, gtk4 in flatpak (probably)... I'm just not fighting it anymore
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This is the kind of shit that stops people from migrating to Linux.
Lack of consistency in the UI. We’re in 2025 dammit. Not 1995.
Edit: okay, WTF Windows is now even worse?!?
It's sad that this gets downvoted to hell. As a MacOS user who appreciates beautiful UI, this is a major pain point for me on Linux. And yes, Windows is the absolute worst at this.
Same.
This below is windows 11 consistency, within their own os context menus. I am not even starting on the fact that window decorations there too are a non standardised mess.
I agree that lack of UI consistency is less than ideal, and very real in Linux, but let's not pretend that this is a main issue stopping people from migrating (from an equally inconsistent OS)
Okay Windows has gone to shit way more than I thought in the last 10 years.
And now they've gone atomic updates (still with insufficient internal quality control) you get monthly *update xyz breaks abc".
Oh yeah, I am forced to use it for work and it's just incredible how innovative Microsoft is at making things worse. Takes real talent at that point.
It's a real shit show
Yea... not to mention the file browser context menu takes five seconds to open for me (on a very high end machine!)
Always has been. At least since NT. Company culture encourages features and discourages fixes. Thus it got framework after framework.
NT 4 was fine though. Capricious, but fine…
How is a kernel meant to enforce anything about UI?
I think GUI development should favour server-side decorations for consistency's sake, but this is more of a cultural thing with what application developers are choosing to do, rather than anything "Linux" can do about.