the csd/ssd discourse is annoying. why can't we have both. ask the window manager to draw the window, then tell the client where it can place things like extra window buttons and tabs and things. kinda like windows but good. this would allow people who want to customise to be able to do so, but if you just install a desktop environment like gnome it still solves the problem. #linux#gnome#linuxDesktop#desktopEnvironment#CSD#windowManager
Hi all. Hoping there are some #blind#linux users out there that can help me out. I'm using an old computer, not the one I mentioned in my previous posts, but a different one, and #Orca isn't speaking. I originally installed #Ubuntu Mate, but Orca was freezing a lot, so I switched my #DesktopEnvironment to #KDEPlasma. It seemed like a lot of things were inaccessible, though, so I decided to try #Gnome. I installed Gnome, chose GDM as the display manager, and restarted the computer. Now, Orca works on the login screen but nowhere else. It seems to be running, and when I run "orca --replace" in the terminal, I get an error about something only working with X11. I've been able to tell that by scanning the screen with #SeeingAI on my #iPhone. I need to get Orca up and running again so I can use my computer. What's the best way to do this, preferably without sighted help, as my mom and stepdad aren't good with #technology. #accessibility#tech@mastoblind@main
GNOME 46 released, with the latest version of the desktop environment bringing a new Ctrl+Shift+F shortcut for file search from any screen, the file app has a dynamic progress view, Online Accounts adds OneDrive support, and much more. https://buff.ly/4co7y9e#GNOME#Linux#DesktopEnvironment#GNOME46
Ooooh... why did I say I'd use KDE for 2 weeks? Can I shorten that to one?
This is just adjustment pain talking, I know, but wow. I might love how #KDE looks, but actually working with it is not fun for me. Nothing works the way I expect it to.
But CO, don't you just mean "meh! nOt GnoMe! mE No LiKeY!"
I mean... yeah. That's what I mean. From the very first time I tried #Gnome 3 (like, ten or twelve years ago), everything about it has felt natural to me. The changes that have been made over the years leading up to Gnome 45 today have all more or less worked for me. The way it works just meshes with my brain somehow, and it's very comfortable to work in.
Plasma is none of that, and I don't know why I'm putting myself through this. Don't get me wrong: I adore the KDE project. It's a gorgeous, feature-packed, ultimately configurable #DesktopEnvironment. The problem for me personally is that I just don't need about 75% of those features, and the default setups don't function the way my brain does.
So in short, I might be cutting this experiment short, not because KDE is bad, but because Gnome feels like home.
Which is weird, because I hated Gnome 2, which I thought of as a more difficult to work with, less resource efficient version of #XFCE.
Oh, yeah, and #KaOS? It's fine. It's super-fine-tuned and dedicated to its mission of being a cutting edge KDE desktop. Which is great if that's what you want, but there's a fine line between dedication and obsession.
I prefer it to dealing with Arch, though, if I'm being honest - specifically because of that obsession. Everything official is tight, works together, and accomplishes the stated goal of the OS. Even the KCP repo is on board for the most part, and it all comes together. If someone did something like this for Gnome/GTK, it'd probably be my OS of choice.
Ora vi mostro una cosa #allucinante, cioè che il selettore di file di #Cinnamon è #spaccato: se si seleziona un #file o una cartella, ma nel frattempo si continua a scorrere, ciò che verrà registrato sarà l’elemento su cui il cursore di selezione sarà posizionato nell’ultimo momento in cui l’applet elabora i suoi vattelappesca; non, come invece dovrebbe essere, l’elemento su cui si era nell’istante in cui si è premuto Invio. (A parte il fatto che nessun ritardo sarebbe giustificabile, considerando che oggi abbiamo hardware che, relativamente alla storia di tutto l’home computing, è stellare.) Guardate il #video (rallentatelo dal vostro browser però magari) e notate come io premo Enter, ma poi scorro ancora, e finisce puntualmente male ogni volta, #mannaggia ai #bug. 🪲️
Penso che la colpa sia proprio del mio #DesktopEnvironment, perché questo #problema non succede, ad esempio, con le app di Flatpak che integrano l’intera runtime GTK e fanno apparire il #FilePicker di GNOME. È comunque #fastidiosissimo, devo ogni volta andare al ritmo del #computer solo perché un componente di sistema è programmato evidentemente male. Penso di cambiare #desktop, ma vorrei qualche consiglio… voglio qualcosa che non sia totalmente scarno, ma non abbia alcun problema di #prestazioni, voglio tutto istantaneo (cosa che al momento in media non ho, ho tanti altri #problemi oltre a questo specifico). 🐢️
I'm a #MATE user, by the way (continuation of #GNOME2). So far, it's the only #DesktopEnvironment I've used extensively. Perhaps some day I'll try #GNOME.
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That’s it. I’m throwing in the towel. Linux ricing is not for me. I’m deleting #archlinux and installing #Ubuntu. It’s dumb to think I can just walk off the street and make a better desktop environment than teams of people dedicated to that. Looking forward to actually doing the stuff I want to on my device rather than modifying dotfiles all night.
How come, as far as I know, none of you ever made any #2in1#laptops, like Acer's Spin series, HP's x360 laptops, a non negligible part of Lenovo's Yoga laptops, or a growing number of Chromebook?
Because I would buy such a Laptop, especially if it used #CoreBoot (or a distro of it) as firmware. 😉
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