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Why I do not use Gnome anymore
Re: Why I do not use Gnome anymore
While I see what you are saying about limited native Wayland support, I believe that LibreOffice has been running natively on Wayland for a long time already.
EDIT: I just checked, it starts on native Wayland backend.
EDIT: I just checked, it starts on native Wayland backend.
Re: Why I do not use Gnome anymore
I agree with you. I started using KDE many years ago, it was my favorite. Then when I moved to Ubuntu 8.04, since Gnome was the default, I used Gnome, which was fine. But then, after successive upgrades, when both Gnome and KDE started growing bigger and bigger and more cumbersome and slow and troublesome, I gave up on both of them. Now I use the much lighter and faster LXDE, and I'm pretty satisfied with it.Segfault wrote:I have been running plain OpenBox for years and I do not feel I miss anything. My applications are easy to start, what else I need? What is the advantage of a bloated DE is a big mystery for me. What can KDE or Gnome do for me I already do not have?
Gnome and KDE take a long time to download and install, occupy a lot of space in the disk, are bloated and slow down the system. A DE shouldn't get in the way of the applications that really matter. I still like some Gnome and KDE applications, though; I use Gnome Network Manager for the wi-fi and Gnome Terminal, and K3b for writing disks.
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How does Gnome get in the way?luiznetto wrote:A DE shouldn't get in the way of the applications that really matter.
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I tend to agree and see gnome3 more as in the way of productivity.How does Gnome get in the way?
Bottom screen edge mouse down/through to show is hard work. Not as easy as a auto-hide panel pop up.
Even the top left reveal corner is sensitive and doesn't always work - such as if certain windows dialogs are already open. Something like brightside (corners) and skippy-xd work as well if not better at presenting a tiled overview of open windows.
grun has preemptive text. pcmanfm's menu://applications or even just /usr/share/applications can show all installed programs via a single click.
So with brightside set to launch skippy-xd upon mouse into top left corner, a bottom screen auto-hide panel, gmrun and pcmanfm you can emulate a similar desktop style to gnome3's default. However for general use/real work many don't set up their desktop that way. Nice for show, not so good for workload. The 'standard' desktop layout has prevailed for good reason - it works well. Popular program icons on the desktop along with work files, a bottom or top panel that shows current open/minimised programs together with date/time, network status, system activity, whatever ...etc. and that can be extremely light - for instance I'm running Debian Jessie with xorg, jwm, rox, pcmanfm type desktop base and its extremely fast to boot/run and more productive in practice than if using gnome's desktop.
Gnome's more like a show car, not the one you'd pick for everyday use, but nice to show once in a while. Except perhaps if you tweak it around, install extensions and spend some time to make it look more like a 'standard' desktop.
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This is the best explanation of Gnome I've read so far.ruffwoof wrote: Gnome's more like a show car, not the one you'd pick for everyday use, but nice to show once in a while.
the crunkbong project: scripts, operating system, the list goes on...bester69 wrote:There is nothing to install in linux, from time to time i go to google searching for something fresh to install in linux, but, there is nothing
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And Gnome Shell can emulate a standard desktop layout.ruffwoof wrote:you can emulate a similar desktop style to gnome3's default
So does a console.ruffwoof wrote:The 'standard' desktop layout has prevailed for good reason - it works well.
Gnome Shell can do that.ruffwoof wrote:Popular program icons on the desktop along with work files
Gnome Shell can do that.ruffwoof wrote:a bottom or top panel that shows current open/minimised programs together with date/time, network status, system activity, whatever ...etc
I only boot/login once a day, and that takes 30 seconds. This comment has more to do with limited resources. If your computer has greater resources, then Gnome can be just as fast to boot and run.ruffwoof wrote:and that can be extremely light - for instance I'm running Debian Jessie with xorg, jwm, rox, pcmanfm type desktop base and its extremely fast to boot/run
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Indeed gnome can be changed, if you pull in extensions from .... wherever. Not nice however having to pull in from third parties and the risks that induces to make it function like other choices that don't entail having to go 'outside the box'.
Granted if you throw more resources at a relatively bloated choice it will boot/run quicker. Mine black screens for 30+ seconds after having booted before the gnome desktop appears. That aside it still takes longer to do stuff simply due to design (out-of-the-box/standard around a mouse distance of a screen width if you measure from screen centre to the top left to activate the Activities and then half a screen height down to get to a favourite. Let alone the hard pressure required to mouse down through the bottom of screen to get the notification area to pop up). After a while of using gnome I end up with wrist ache, I guess the gnome designers/users have stronger wristsIf your computer has greater resources, then Gnome can be just as fast to boot and run
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https://extensions.gnome.org/ruffwoof wrote:Indeed gnome can be changed, if you pull in extensions from .... wherever.
Written by 3rd parties, but pulled in from Gnome's extension website.ruffwoof wrote:Not nice however having to pull in from third parties
It's part of Gnome's design, so it's not "outside the box"..ruffwoof wrote:to make it function like other choices that don't entail having to go 'outside the box'.
I didn't get a faster computer to run Gnome. I use Gnome because it runs fast on the computer I already had. Why streamline my system when it runs Gnome just fine without any signs of bloat.ruffwoof wrote:Granted if you throw more resources at a relatively bloated choice it will boot/run quicker.If your computer has greater resources, then Gnome can be just as fast to boot and run
I've seen no evidence of that. You may have a bug. But there are bugs n all software.ruffwoof wrote:Mine black screens for 30+ seconds after having booted before the gnome desktop appears.
Perhaps someone should introduce you to the keyboard. There are plenty of keyboard shortcuts so you don't have to use the mouse/touchpad as much, or even at all.ruffwoof wrote:That aside it still takes longer to do stuff simply due to design (out-of-the-box/standard around a mouse distance of a screen width if you measure from screen centre to the top left to activate the Activities and then half a screen height down to get to a favourite. Let alone the hard pressure required to mouse down through the bottom of screen to get the notification area to pop up). After a while of using gnome I end up with wrist ache, I guess the gnome designers/users have stronger wrists
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Good tip, thanks. Drop the gnome desktop, use a terminal window instead ... quicker, easier and a vast improvement. Nice retro feel about it as well.phenest wrote:Perhaps someone should introduce you to the keyboard. There are plenty of keyboard shortcuts so you don't have to use the mouse/touchpad as much, or even at all.
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I was referring to using the keyboard to navigate Gnome instead of using the meuse.
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i do find it a bit weird that for every bit of non-standard functionality one has to install an extension, and that these aren't installed the usual way but by clicking a link on a website...
what happened to good old config files? much easier imho.
what happened to good old config files? much easier imho.
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You make it sound like a big deal. You only install them once, much like any other piece of software.
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Can you install them via command line (apt-get)?debiman wrote:i do find it a bit weird that for every bit of non-standard functionality one has to install an extension, and that these aren't installed the usual way but by clicking a link on a website...
what happened to good old config files? much easier imho.
the crunkbong project: scripts, operating system, the list goes on...bester69 wrote:There is nothing to install in linux, from time to time i go to google searching for something fresh to install in linux, but, there is nothing
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Yes.n_hologram wrote:Can you install them via command line (apt-get)?
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Yeah, then I don't see how that's any different than standard desktop environments.
the crunkbong project: scripts, operating system, the list goes on...bester69 wrote:There is nothing to install in linux, from time to time i go to google searching for something fresh to install in linux, but, there is nothing
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And no different to custom DE's.
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Oh no! Something has gone wrong
A couple of years ago I started noticing the problems associated with Gnome,
there is nothing wrong with my hardware either. I am still using the same hardware
today, and it ( my hardware) works just fine , as long as Gnome is not involved. So I use a Window Manager, Open Box, it works better then Gnome ever did,.. since my wife likes a DE
better, I have XFCE on her laptop,..
I am not going to go out and buy brand new hardware, just so I can use Gnome, not when every other WM or DE work just fine ,.. (well actually I don't know on KDE, I have not tried
it,...)
by VaporTrail »---- Jessie installs and runs fine on this laptop if I choose KDE or XFCE during installation. It is only if I try to install Gnome,-----snip--
To me, it seems like the solution to the problem is clear, ------Post by stevepusser » 2017-05-25 14:33
KDE and xfce don't require the same level of 3D as default in the desktop as GNOME 3
A couple of years ago I started noticing the problems associated with Gnome,
there is nothing wrong with my hardware either. I am still using the same hardware
today, and it ( my hardware) works just fine , as long as Gnome is not involved. So I use a Window Manager, Open Box, it works better then Gnome ever did,.. since my wife likes a DE
better, I have XFCE on her laptop,..
I am not going to go out and buy brand new hardware, just so I can use Gnome, not when every other WM or DE work just fine ,.. (well actually I don't know on KDE, I have not tried
it,...)
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To me, as well. Those who don't like using GNOME shouldn't use it. There, problem solved.GarryRicketson wrote:To me, it seems like the solution to the problem is clear, -----
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Will you do that every time Garry when someone posts a problem with Gnome, You'll post it here and use it as a reason why you won't use Gnome. It's not like the OP of that topic was complaining.
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yes, but then this wonderful thread couldn't continue for ever and ever...MALsPa wrote:To me, as well. Those who don't like using GNOME shouldn't use it. There, problem solved.
it's just one of these topics that never ceases to evoke reactions, discussions and disagreements from all over.