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    [–] kadup@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago

    Gnome apps running on my PC:

    I don't use Gnome

    Bottom text

    [–] boaratio@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    I don't mean to be pedantic, but why do people shit on DEs? I don't like KDE, but I'll never say an ill word about it. The whole point of Linux and open source in general is that we have choice. If you don't like gnome, that's fine, move along to your interface of choice. Come on, there are better things to argue about.

    [–] renzev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    It's never about the DE's themselves, it's about the devs.

    KDE's devs are just focused on making a cool desktop environment with many features. It's a little buggy and has some weird design decisions, but whatever, no biggie.

    GNOME devs deliberately sabbotage existing linux standards in attemps to take control over desktop linux. Examples: client-side decorations, client-side shadows, systray fiasco.

    This is not a question of personal preference. It's a question of keeping desktop linux free, fair, and accessible for everyone.

    [–] boaratio@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago

    You're feeding the fire. Just use what you like and let the other DEs do their thing. You can totally exist without shitting on what other people prefer.

    [–] ytg@sopuli.xyz 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

    I interpret this being more about how GNOME apps function in general, also on other desktops, which is fair criticism.

    [–] boaratio@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    That's fine, move along. No need to crap on the hard work of the OSS people that work on anything.

    [–] edinbruh@feddit.it 3 points 5 hours ago

    I'll have you notice that there's also a gigachad in the meme, not just Kirk

    [–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

    Okay so I remember seeing this exact post yesterday. Not that this is stolen, like this exact post. I read some of the comments and chuckled because tiny face Charlie Kirk is funny. I saw a picture of him on a video this morning and never realized that HIS FACE IS ACTUALLY KINDA LIKE THAT WHY IS IT SO SMALL AND CENTERED.

    [–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 8 points 8 hours ago

    Holy fuck, you are right. This is from his Wikipedia page:

    [–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

    Why is Charlie Kirk’s face so big in this?

    [–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

    Can somebody tell me how to change that in Mint Cinnamon? I really don't like the padded bar at the top of every window.

    [–] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 148 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    "Modern" UI design be like: fat paddings everywhere

    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Don't forget:

    • Massive fucking fonts
    • No visual separation between UI elements
    • Hijacked scrolling
    • Everything shoved into animated menus
    • One (1) context action in the bottom right
    [–] Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 14 hours ago

    Also, no right-click menus! You have to click on a three-dot icon at the side of that UI component

    [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago

    MOAR WHITESPACE

    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

    don't you just fucking love  
     
     
                                                   paddings!  
     
     

    (apologies to everyone whose device can't render HTML entities)

    [–] callyral@pawb.social 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    maybe this works on more devices?

    
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    [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    the edits to charlie kirk's face are so subtle these days, I can't tell if this is the original or has been slightly modified.

    [–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    It had been so long since I'd seen his real face that I didn't know how it actually looked like anymore. I saw a clip of him a few days ago and thought 'oh, they aren't changing it that much'

    [–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

    there was this real or fake quiz online that shows Kirk's face and you try to tell whether it's edited. it was really funny because it was actually hard to tell.

    [–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 day ago (23 children)

    Never got the Mac trend of not using your full screen. I get even less why Gnome copied it.

    [–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

    My less than 10 minutes per month of MacOS (none of which is actually doing much with it) tells me it's because of the tiny buttons on the wrong (/s) side of the window that feel impossible to press and show an up or down button and you never know which is which.

    I am sure that this is totally the perfect representation of the average macos user and not just me lol

    [–] Enkimaru@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

    Full screen covert thing. What is the point of that, if you have a big screen? macOS started years ago to put full screen apps into their own virtual desktop. Which is often extremely annoying. The only apps I use full screen are IDEs. It does not make any sense for web browsers or office apps.

    [–] percent@infosec.pub 8 points 23 hours ago

    I think I missed this trend. I've been full-screening almost everything on macOS for years

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    [–] lmuel@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

    I enjoy using Gnome and don't really encounter any issues in my day to day use

    (pls don't kill me :))

    [–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I used to be a GNOME fanatic a couple of years ago. I switched to KDE after I got tired of the perpetually broken state of extensions.

    I’m still thankful for all the effort and commitment the GNOME devs have invested over the years though! It’s an excellent desktop environment!

    [–] cole@lemdro.id 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    I went the opposite way. Wanted to like KDE, but found it too buggy and a bit inconsistent.

    On Gnome I use really minimal extensions and those get updated very quickly so it is no longer an issue for me. I also do Gnome Extension reviews so take from that what you will

    [–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

    I think what drove me to that decision was the cpufreq extension. It kept breaking with every update. I usually shrugged it off but it really irked me every time.

    My last straw was when they changed the theming system to force the use of libadwaita and broke my customised theme and dark mode. I don’t do a lot of customisation in general but I have rigid preferences when it comes to how I want my system to look and behave. They broke it and that drove me to explore other solutions.

    I tested KDE Plasma for a couple days and I managed to replicate my setup in like 4 hours—most of which I spent exploring new things that would be impossible to do in GNOME without modifying its code base—and the end result was an improved setup which was less clunky since I didn’t have to use as many extensions as I did with GNOME to begin with. It was bliss for me.

    I ultimately decided to move on.

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    [–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago

    Common gnome L

    [–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Proper GTK4 adwaita apps don't do that. They scale really well on mobiles to desktops.

    [–] edinbruh@feddit.it 70 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

    Counterargument:

    Admittedly this is a chat app, so there's little to do. But still, it could stretch out a little bit more, maybe open the conversation info panel on the right

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