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[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 187 points 2 weeks ago

Lets not be deliberately obtuse, you're clearly meant to be using it with your feet.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 71 points 2 weeks ago

Just the left foot only

[-] m4m4m4m4@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

TIL Gnome devs have (left) foot fetishism

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[-] verdigris@lemmy.ml 170 points 2 weeks ago

GNOME is more keyboard-focused than KDE. It just also happens to have much better touch support.

Get this meme to /linuxsucks where it belongs.

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 109 points 2 weeks ago

In my experience, KDE Plasma is surprisingly actually better than Gnome for tablet use. You would think that Gnome's more minimal and chunky UI would make it a better fit, but Plasma just has a lot more little usability QOL features.

[-] kaidenshi@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago

This has been my experience as well. Fedora KDE is easier and more intuitive than Fedora GNOME on my Surface Go 2.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 19 points 2 weeks ago

Did something change on the keyboard front? I love KDE but I can only use it comfortably on my Steam Deck with a horrible combination of Steam's keyboard, Onboard and Maliit and all of them suck in their own little ways.

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[-] leo85811nardo@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago

GNOME is more keyboard-focused "in the way the devs thought it's good". If users want to change the way, they gonna use tweaks, dconf editor or gsettings and navigate a jungle of key-value pairs like Windows Registry

[-] gsfraley@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this meme is a complete whiff, just seems edgy/hipster-y while ignoring the fact that nobody really cares because GNOME is a great DE.

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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

How is KDE less keyboard-focused? I spent like ten minutes setting up kwin shortcuts and now have the same level of keyboard-only interaction as with any WM.

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[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 weeks ago

GNOME doesn't have nearly enough keyboard shortcuts for me as a keyboard focused user. IMHO, keyboard use is all about customizability, which GNOME is not.

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[-] Sestren@lemmy.world 114 points 2 weeks ago

Gnome does some questionable things, and some are just personal preference, but there is at least one thing that they do that makes zero sense regardless of how you use your system...

The AppIndicator extension SHOULD be default. There is no reason for it to be an extension other than pure stubbornness. There are applications that literally require it in order to function at all.

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 61 points 2 weeks ago

That you need an extension to disable the overview at startup still boggles my mind and the arrogance of the developers in the thread that started it didn't lessen my antipathy for Gnome at all.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

Default the cursor to the Search field on a Save dialog is possibly the absolute fucking stupidest thing ever.

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[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 20 points 2 weeks ago

I think the lack of a system tray in gnome is a case of perfect of being the enemy of good.

https://youtu.be/ejqNCbE42cg

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 92 points 2 weeks ago

In a land where desktops can be ripped out and replace with ease - what's the point in arguing? GNOME isn't my thing but I'm glad it's an option.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Can you swap out desktop environments in Linux like launchers on android?

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 63 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah pretty much. Or have multiple installed and pick which to use when you log in

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

Wait what?! Install several, pick upon login?! Had no idea, that's awesome.

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[-] wer2@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

My main complaint with how Gnome does stuff is in environments where it is the only option (e.g. RHEL).

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[-] unmagical@lemmy.ml 63 points 2 weeks ago

GNOME looks like it is touch friendly, but try to run it on a tablet and it's really fucking not. I had to DL a bunch of tweaks tools to make it useable at all and now the tablet breaks whenever there's a Gnome update that the tweaks weren't designed for.

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[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 weeks ago

Don't even try to say GNOME is a touch screen design. I've used it with a touchscreen, it's just bad design. What bothers me the most is that is close to being good if not for a couple of stupid decisions like having no system tray.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

The system tray thing irks me to no end. Some apps still use one to control things and you have to use hacky plugins to get them to show. Other than that there's a lot I do like about gnome. Plasma suits my needs more though. So much more you can do with it.

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[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 60 points 2 weeks ago

I gonna be absolutely honest,gnome is fantastic for laptops.

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[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 2 weeks ago

I absolutely love (slightly tweaked) gnome. Fight me if you want, I'm sick in bed and have time.

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago

well if you're sick in bed this will be an easy fight...

I elbow slam your face, your turn

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[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

"Fight me if you want, I'm sick in bed and have time."

I'm also sick and in bed, and this is such an appealing offer of a sparring match, but alas, I've never used Gnome

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago

this makes you the ideal candidate for an internet argument !

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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago

They seem to be at war with the minimize and maximize buttons.

[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

Really weird decision they make

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 weeks ago

I like gnome personally. It is all about simple inclusive design

[-] salarua@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 weeks ago

I get distracted/overwhelmed fairly easily, so GNOME is a godsend. minimalistic top bar + on demand workspaces to throw my extra windows into = I can actually get stuff done.

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[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 35 points 2 weeks ago

I thought it was going to be a joke about Windows 8

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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wh-what? Have you used GNOME before or just mad because they don't have the shitty main menu copied from MS Windows?

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[-] krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 weeks ago

i like gnome, it looks good, is smooth, and does it's job

[-] unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 26 points 2 weeks ago

most of the things in gnome extensions should be built in and available from the settings. that being said there's nothing stopping me from just using something else, hence why I use kde.

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[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago
[-] aggelalex@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Gnome is not really touch-centric, it's more keyboard-crentric. Sure, the activity overview is great for touch. It's even greater for the keyboard though. And I don't like using the mouse a lot anyway

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[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 weeks ago

Oh! A Gnome hate thread!

I'm in!

FUCKING GNOME>!!!111!!!ELEVEN

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago

I'm going to roll your machine back to KDE4

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[-] Mwa@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

More like forcing no customization

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

Both Gnome and KDE are 100x better than win or macOS. I use KDE for me but I install Gnome on my familly 's stuff.

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