After many explorations, hesitations and tribulations; and after having thought that an Arch derivative with KDE is the way; and after having later considered that more desktop stability would be advisable, and having a fling for Ubuntu MATE 21.04, a quick experiment showed me that Ubuntu MATE cannot be trusted, and that maybe I should...

This article was written in the sense of bashing gnome but yet some points seem to be valid. It explains the history of gtk 1 to 4 and the influence of gnome in gtk. I’m not saying gnome is bad here, instead I find this an interesting to read and I’m sharing it.

  • Vincent
    12•11 months ago

    they try to reinvent the desktop experience every 2 or 3 years

    GNOME 3 was released 12 years ago, and hasn’t changed that much (unless you consider horizontal virtual workspaces are a major paradigm shift somehow).

    Just use something else if you don’t like it; no one’s “pushing” anything on to you. Clearly, other people do like it.

    • @TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      horizontal virtual workspaces are a major paradigm shift somehow

      Yes. I also consider the removal of desktop icons, the default change to going into the activity view and whatnot important shifts and attempts at reinventing things.

      • Vincent
        3•11 months ago

        Well, then I’d highly suggest you just use Xfce and not worry about GNOME so much. Xfce hasn’t changed much in years.