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    extension is INCOMPATIBLE with current GNOME version (discuss.tchncs.de)
    submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Same. I don't understand why it is the most popular desktop on Linux. It's like the Windows 8 of Linux GUIs.

    [–] TheGrandNagus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I don't understand how you could say it's like Windows 8? I don't really see any meaningful similarities. Gnome is very much just its own thing.

    It's the other DEs that are like windows. Start button bottom left that opens a cramped app menu. Taskbar on bottom. Clock on bottom right. Minimise, maximise, close buttons on the top right of each program. The Win95 UX paradigm, basically.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    GNOME feels to me like it's designed for a tablet, not a keyboard and mouse. That's part of why I don't like it.

    [–] TheGrandNagus 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Gnome is extremely keyboard focused. Less so mouse, though.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I don't like desktop GUIs that aren't designed for a mouse and make you memorize keyboard shortcuts to be usable. Keyboard shortcuts are nice to have but shouldn't be mandatory, IMO.

    That's why I prefer KDE and XFCE.

    [–] TheGrandNagus 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    It is designed for a mouse, and they don't make you memorise keyboard shortcuts. It's very usable. It's not mandatory.

    I really don't know where you're getting this from.

    First you say it's tablet-focused, then you switch to saying it's solely keyboard-focused?

    You can prefer Win95 UX all you want, nobody is stopping you.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    First you say it's tablet-focused, then you switch to saying it's solely keyboard-focused?

    It looks to me like it's designed for a tablet, and its fans tell me it's designed around keyboard shortcuts. I hate it.