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dansup

If a desktop environment follows you, would you feel the obligation to try it?

Like its almost as if this was meant to be, it looks similar to MacOS which I use atm... spooky
20 April at 13:12 | Open on mastodon.social
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Fúlvio Leo

@dansup GNOME is the best experience I've ever had with a desktop.

20 April at 13:15 | Open on mastodon.social
Groosha

@penfore @dansup I guess you've never tried KDE then :)

20 April at 15:04 | Open on mastodon.ml
Fúlvio Leo

@groosha @dansup I did try it. My objective using KDE was to personalize the visuals of my desktop, and I achieved it. But it turns out that's not my thing and I get a stable and beautiful experience with vanilla GNOME.

20 April at 15:49 | Open on mastodon.social
Tyrone Slothrop

@dansup Hehe 😜

Gnome actually feels quite like MacOS. Except that the Gnome developers occasionally listen to their users, so it’s not enshittified in a hundred weird ways.

20 April at 13:16 | Open on chaos.social
Pete Orrall

@dansup GNOME was great until version 3. I moved to XFCE and never looked back.

20 April at 13:18 | Open on universeodon.com
DanieruOtakuBoy

@dansup I honestly prefer KDE Plasma, it looks elegant.

20 April at 13:23 | Open on masto.es
nicolas

@dansup GNOME is definitely worth a try! I personally like it a lot and that’s the only computer interface I feel at home in, but even just out of curiosity on a design standpoint, interesting to try out. I also use macOS daily at work, and they have similarities but are also quite different. GNOME is more minimalist and more cosy.

20 April at 13:28 | Open on mastodon.social
ʎllnɔs

@dansup and you are getting all the responses one would expect after making that statement 🤣

20 April at 13:29 | Open on mastodon.social
Tom

@dansup I love Gnome but I'm also not a big config-fiend. I want a default install that does what I need and gets out of the way.

20 April at 13:45 | Open on hachyderm.io
Joseph of Earth :fedora:

@dansup if you don't already use Linux, try @fedora for a stock Gnome experience ;)

20 April at 13:51 | Open on fosstodon.org
MarvinFreeman

@dansup Not if I don't understand it, have tried to like it and failed, and must use another layer of user interface to make it work for me.

#Gnome really is one of the oddest user experiments since desktop computers were invented. Rivaled only by the dead efforts to achieve "convergence." But at least the convergence zealots gave up. The gnome folks are still at it.

20 April at 14:01 | Open on mastodon.online
Ultrasquid 💀

@dansup Gnome is kinda like MacOS in some ways, but they're very different and I would hesitate to call them similar at all.

Gnome is very heavily focused around the idea of hiding information unless you specifically request it. The desktop is entirely blank outside of the top panel, and app management happens almost exclusively within the overview.

It also is designed to be used on pretty much any input device, meaning it has a lot of gesture support and multiple ways to do the same action. For example, the overview can be opened with the super key, the hot corner, or a three-finger swipe.

For this reason, I like Gnome on laptops, where screen space is at a premium. However, I typically like to use something else on a desktop, where I lack a touchpad for gestures and preserving screen space is a little less of a necessity.

@dansup Gnome is kinda like MacOS in some ways, but they're very different and I would hesitate to call them similar at all.

Gnome is very heavily focused around the idea of hiding information unless you specifically request it. The desktop is entirely blank outside of the top panel, and app management happens almost exclusively within the overview.

20 April at 14:26 | Open on wetdry.world
Philipp :geeko: :natenom:

@dansup idk but @gnome is pretty amazing :gnome: :opensuse: :purple_sparkling_heart:

20 April at 16:55 | Open on digitalcourage.social
ch0ccyra1n :she_her:

@dansup I ended up gravitating to GNOME as a former Mac user so definitely try it!

20 April at 17:09 | Open on emeraldsocial.org
Semmelstulle

@dansup I’m using @gnome as well as macOS. There is some visual similarity, but without extensions GNOME really is its own thing (which I DO like!).

In my opinion GNOME integrates pieces way better than macOS. Eg. there is no Mission Control, Spotlight or Launchpad being their own, separate instance. With GNOME, everything ties into each other much more seamless.

20 April at 19:05 | Open on mastodon.social
GNOME

@dansup we follow you because we love what you do and believe in your mission 🤝

We would love to count you as one of our users, even if we know that switching to a whole new desktop can be unsettling ♥️

20 April at 20:01 | Open on floss.social
F comme Franki

@dansup I absolutely love Gnome. If you're more of a no icon on my desktop kind of guy, it's for you. If you like a busy desktop with everything right in your face then you won't like it.

20 April at 22:57 | Open on aleph.land
Darthwonka

@dansup
If I can play Skyrim on Linux natively, I would leave Windows behind.

21 April at 16:13 | Open on mastodon.world
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