GNOME 47 Release Candidate Brings Last Minute Changes

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  • phoronix
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    • Jan 2007
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    GNOME 47 Release Candidate Brings Last Minute Changes

    Phoronix: GNOME 47 Release Candidate Brings Last Minute Changes

    The GNOME 47 release candidate was announced a short time ago in preparing for the stable GNOME 47 stable desktop coming up...

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  • Chugworth
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2019
    • 390

    #2
    I tried GNOME again recently just to see how it is these days. At first glance it looks nice, but as I start using it, the lack of customization really starts to become a problem. I do like how it shows all of the applications when you tap the super key, but the same effect can be achieved in Plasma by setting the keyboard shortcut for "Toggle Overview".

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    • electropura
      Junior Member
      • Sep 2012
      • 6

      #3
      Originally posted by Chugworth View Post
      I tried GNOME again recently just to see how it is these days. At first glance it looks nice, but as I start using it, the lack of customization really starts to become a problem".
      Exactly what is it you want to customise? Have you tried using Gnome Tweaks? You can also change quite a lot of settings with dconf-editor.

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      • timrichardson
        Senior Member
        • May 2010
        • 296

        #4
        Originally posted by Chugworth View Post
        I tried GNOME again recently just to see how it is these days. At first glance it looks nice, but as I start using it, the lack of customization really starts to become a problem. I do like how it shows all of the applications when you tap the super key, but the same effect can be achieved in Plasma by setting the keyboard shortcut for "Toggle Overview".
        Yeah, it's a battle between the good: Plasma's pragmatism (e.g. touchpad two finger scrolling speed control, integrated battery thresholds, a software store which out of the box supports .deb, flatpak and snap) on the one hand, and the bad: its bugs on the other hand. After about a million point releases due to it being LTS, 5.27 is really stable so it is possible.

        I hope the kubuntu 24.04 people find that a 6.2 release reaches that level. My trust in KDE Plasma is not as great as for Gnome, even if Gnome achieves this by being less ambitious.
        And in Gnome, extensions are no longer 9th class citizens, they get a bit more respect from Gnome devs now, it seems.

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        • ezst036
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2018
          • 681

          #5
          Originally posted by electropura View Post
          Exactly what is it you want to customise? Have you tried using Gnome Tweaks? You can also change quite a lot of settings with dconf-editor.
          Having to use Gnome Tweaks is already a fail. Apple doesn't even hide as many settings as Gnome does.

          And dconf-editor is a non-starter unless things have changed over time. It used to remind me of trying to do a registry edit. I got away from Windows in the first place so I wouldn't have to do that short of garbage anymore, now back to this nonsense again? The key is in the first question.

          Originally posted by electropura View Post
          Exactly what is it you want to customise?
          Nobody should have to ask this question for some of the super basic things that it requires Gnome Tweaks to accomplish.

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          • electropura
            Junior Member
            • Sep 2012
            • 6

            #6
            Originally posted by ezst036 View Post

            Having to use Gnome Tweaks is already a fail. Apple doesn't even hide as many settings as Gnome does.

            And dconf-editor is a non-starter unless things have changed over time. It used to remind me of trying to do a registry edit. I got away from Windows in the first place so I wouldn't have to do that short of garbage anymore, now back to this nonsense again? The key is in the first question.



            Nobody should have to ask this question for some of the super basic things that it requires Gnome Tweaks to accomplish.
            Why is using Tweaks a fail? It's a full part of Gnome. What are the "super basic things" you want to change? I am genuinely curious.

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            • sophisticles
              Senior Member
              • Dec 2015
              • 2604

              #7
              Originally posted by electropura View Post
              Why is using Tweaks a fail? It's a full part of Gnome. What are the "super basic things" you want to change? I am genuinely curious.
              How about something as simple as setting the desktop background to a solid color instead of a wallpaper?

              The Gnome devs removed this ability years ago because according to them maintaining the code that enabled this functionality was too much work.


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              • Chugworth
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2019
                • 390

                #8
                Originally posted by electropura View Post

                Exactly what is it you want to customise? Have you tried using Gnome Tweaks? You can also change quite a lot of settings with dconf-editor.
                As I use it I could gradually build up a list of annoyances. But the first thing that comes to mind is KDE's ability to customize clipboard actions. I like to be able to copy a YouTube link, and see a menu option to play it in MPV. That's how I play nearly all YouTube videos. It's ad-free and I have MPV customized to buffer several gigs of video at once. I also take advantage of KDE's keyboard shortcuts to make the MPV window stay on top, and sometimes hide its border as the video is playing.

                Another serious issue is GNOME's lack of wobbly windows. I know there's an add-on for that. I tried it, and the wobblyness is all wrong. It wobbles too far and too slow. Plasma gets is just right, and allows you to customize it further.

                And besides, I don't really want the customizations to depend on add-ons which could be subject to break in an update.​​
                Last edited by Chugworth; 09 September 2024, 12:39 AM.

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                • NeoMorpheus
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2022
                  • 605

                  #9
                  My main issue with Plasma is that the overall look and feel is not as “polished” as gnome.

                  Same thing when I switch between Mac and Windows.

                  If KDE can change that, it would be great.
                  Last edited by NeoMorpheus; 09 September 2024, 11:22 AM.

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                  • Flaburgan
                    Senior Member
                    • Dec 2016
                    • 249

                    #10
                    My gf wants Linux on her new laptop after dozens of years under Mac OS. She already used Ubuntu in virtual machines so that's what she is going to install but I am wondering if there would be a better choice, especially for the DE. Is Gnome the best when coming to a polished experience as Mac OS?

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