did gnome actually just remove the ability to add a minimize button to windows
this could simply mean that my time with this DE is so damn over
EDIT: no actually the dconf key just got reset for some reason and i struggled to find it again. false alarm
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Unknown parent • • •@Christian_Freiherr_von_Wolff i would unironically use xfce though if they had proper wayland support
especially since gnome seems to be insistent on further shooting itself in the foot pun not intended when it comes to customizability
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Unknown parent • •@Christian Wolff @HyperSoop there is no best DE or WM just the DE or WM that is best for you, we all work differently.
That is what is so great about GNU/Linux, there are choices, you do not have to use what everyone else does.
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Unknown parent • •@Christian Wolff @HyperSoop I have been using GNU/Linux since 1995, most of us on PCs were not even using XServer due to its size and download on Dial Up was slow. It would literally take days to download.
I started using Raw Xserver with no Window Manager on One Monitor while using the other with a terminal until I learned how to nest Xserver. Then I along came Display Managers and we did not have to nest Xserver anymore to have graphics on both monitors.
My first WM (and it was considered a WM back then the concept of a DE did not exist yet) was XFCE and then I moved to KDE when it released in 1998. I checked out Gnome when it had a full release in 1999. I was not impressed. I liked all the bells and whistles Trolltech added with QT that was not available in gtk (which was initially designed for gimp). Later on I realized I
... show more@Christian Wolff @HyperSoop I have been using GNU/Linux since 1995, most of us on PCs were not even using XServer due to its size and download on Dial Up was slow. It would literally take days to download.
I started using Raw Xserver with no Window Manager on One Monitor while using the other with a terminal until I learned how to nest Xserver. Then I along came Display Managers and we did not have to nest Xserver anymore to have graphics on both monitors.
My first WM (and it was considered a WM back then the concept of a DE did not exist yet) was XFCE and then I moved to KDE when it released in 1998. I checked out Gnome when it had a full release in 1999. I was not impressed. I liked all the bells and whistles Trolltech added with QT that was not available in gtk (which was initially designed for gimp). Later on I realized I did not ever use 95% of what KDE offered and Plastic was so heavy that going to Gnome just felt right. I have used Gnome ever sense. Not that I have not tried every DE/ WM that came along. I just never fond anything worth changing for. Keep in mind I still do 90% of my work on the CLI also so most of the time I am not using my DE in any case.
Though I am happy with Gnome I know lots of others have other use cases and work differently than I do and I am glad that GNU/Linux has a solution for all kinds of different users and that we do not have to use whatever gets thrown at us like with Mac OS X or Windows.
Gnome has actually removed most window decorations for a very long time now. It is the distros that turn them back on with their releases. Gnome can be infinitely tweaked with Gnome Tweaks and extensions. It is all up to the user what they want and if Gnome cannot furnish it then there are plenty of other DE to get the job done 😉.
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