GNOME 3.29.3 Released As The Latest Step Towards GNOME 3.30

[George99]

But there was an extension to add them back.

This extension was just a proof of concept and far away from production ready. Five months without any improvements so I assume it is dead by now...

[dragon321]

This extension was just a proof of concept and far away from production ready. Five months without any improvements so I assume it is dead by now...

I hope Canonical will develop similar extension or maybe Red Hat (after they achieve GNOME 3.28).

Now I recommend using nemo-desktop. It is recommended on Nautilus Gitlab too. It's lightweight (on my machine taking ~24MB RAM and unnoticeable usage of CPU) and works pretty good. At least on XOrg I don't know how it's work on Wayland.

[q2dg]

You know there's a fix for that, right? I personally loathe desktop icons, but I know that's just my opinion. But there was an extension to add them back. Just like there's an extension to re-enable the system tray for programs that still use it.

It's not true. This famous extension is so self-cooked that it's completely useless. It was the first thing I tried

[q2dg]

https://extensions.gnome.org/extensi...desktop-icons/ didn't test

Test it: you'll see it's completely useless

[q2dg]

I would like to see gnome-extension-tool generate ES6 classes.
I would like to see GtkSourceView support syntax highlighting for TypeScript, .cshtml, and JSX.



I do use icons on the desktop and always have been.
But was this ever really a good idea?
Or does it just lead to random stuff on the desktop instead of being properly sorted in the Documents, Videos, Pictures and Music folders?

Let user decide with an minimally userful extension, at least.

[q2dg]

Why put icons on desktop?

If you really want they use Nemo-desktop. It works pretty good. At least on XOrg session.

Why having a physical desktop if you can't put on it your keys, books, papers and random stuff because someone else obligates you to keep them inside drawers?

[q2dg]

The most inconvenient feature ever existed.
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You're trolling

[Vistaus]

That could make up a nice meme every time Gnome removes yet another feature:
"Don't worry, there is an extension to add it back"

Yeah, something along the lines of:

[Vistaus]

Why having a physical desktop if you can't put on it your keys, books, papers and random stuff because someone else obligates you to keep them inside drawers?

That's like asking "Why have a front yard if you can't put your chairs, closets, stove, kitchen cabinets and random stuff on it because they actually belong there rather than inside the house?"

[Apopas]

You're trolling

Not at all.
First they hide the beautiful wallpaper,
second you need to aim on them with the cursor and if you are a keyboard guy this needs skill,
third a lot of them always create a mess
and fourth and most important they stay behind the windows and you need to move or minimize the windows to find them. More movements for basic things mean less productivity.
Even in Gnome shell I don't find the dock panel very useful. That's why when I see osx with all these icons on the bottom I almost vomit...

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