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Gnome apps running on my PC:
I don't use Gnome
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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.
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.
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.
I interpret this being more about how GNOME apps function in general, also on other desktops, which is fair criticism.
That's fine, move along. No need to crap on the hard work of the OSS people that work on anything.
I'll have you notice that there's also a gigachad in the meme, not just Kirk
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.
Why is Charlie Kirk’s face so big in this?
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.
"Modern" UI design be like: fat paddings everywhere
Don't forget:
Also, no right-click menus! You have to click on a three-dot icon at the side of that UI component
MOAR WHITESPACE
don't you just fucking love
paddings!
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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.
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'
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.
Never got the Mac trend of not using your full screen. I get even less why Gnome copied it.
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
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.
I think I missed this trend. I've been full-screening almost everything on macOS for years
I enjoy using Gnome and don't really encounter any issues in my day to day use
(pls don't kill me :))
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!
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
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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Proper GTK4 adwaita apps don't do that. They scale really well on mobiles to desktops.
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