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petsoi discuss.tchncs.de petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de
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garbage_world lemmy.world garbage_world@lemmy.world
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master_of_unlocking piefed.zip master_of_unlocking@piefed.zip
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Yeah forge is what I use too and it’s definitely a little clunky. PaperWM was decent last time I tried it too (but still a little clunky)

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Goingdown sopuli.xyz Goingdown@sopuli.xyz
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I am using Tiling Shell

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7065/tiling-shell/

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nymnympseudonym piefed.social nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
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du

du hast

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jcruz lemmy.world jcruz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
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Mosaicwm is great, even if still on early development.

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confuser lemmy.zip confuser@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-11-10
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du du hast

du hast mich

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paydequeso piefed.social uuj8za@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-03-17
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Dropping X11 seems huge.

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garbage_world lemmy.world garbage_world@lemmy.world
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Dropping X11 seems huge.
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fraichu lemmy.ml fraichu@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-07-03
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Oh no.

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hornedfiend piefed.social hornedfiend@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-21
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I can't for the life of me get used to Gnome on my desktop. I tried so many times, but I always get the feeling of using a tablet.

I like the concept, but it's simply a laptop or tablet centered DE, at best.

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petsoi discuss.tchncs.de petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-11
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Removing technical debts cannot be overestimated.

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petsoi discuss.tchncs.de petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-06-11
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du du hast

😂

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Agility0971 lemmy.world Agility0971@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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Headless remote desktop is nice as well

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warmaster lemmy.world warmaster@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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I can't for the life of me get used to Gnome on my desktop. I tried so many times, but I always get the feeling of using a tablet. I like the concept, but it's simply a laptop or tablet centered DE, at best.

The reason why Gnome doesn't feel at home with a mouse is because it's keyboard-centric which also works for touch gestures as a result of their convergence efforts.

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ILikeBoobies lemmy.ca ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-14
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Did you ever use Material Shell?

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0t79JeIfK01RHyzo lemmy.ml 0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-07-17
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I can't for the life of me get used to Gnome on my desktop. I tried so many times, but I always get the feeling of using a tablet. I like the concept, but it's simply a laptop or tablet centered DE, at best.

Do you use any extensions? I hated Gnome when I first started using Linux but now I prefer it over alternatives.

My extensions

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youmaynotknow lemmy.zip jjlinux@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-24
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I fucking love Gnome over any other DE. I do hate how they try to fucking block using flameshot, otherwise, best distro in the linux world.

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Mactan lemmy.ml mactan@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-04
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I fucking love Gnome over any other DE. I do hate how they try to fucking block using flameshot, otherwise, best distro in the linux world.

unfortunately flameshot uses some wlroots extensions that no DEs seem to use , I have a ton of window rules attempting to work around it on plasma

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YetiMindtrick lemmy.world YetiMindtrick@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-09-19
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That is likely to come now that they have removed all support for X11. Apparently the legacy code was preventing properly integrating a tiling system.

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youmaynotknow lemmy.zip jjlinux@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-24
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unfortunately flameshot uses some wlroots extensions that no DEs seem to use , I have a ton of window rules attempting to work around it on plasma

Yeah, going around with that hackaton to make it work is a real PITA. Unfortunately, that's the most enticing screen shot app in existence, in my opinion. I ended up just using the Gnome SC app and making it open satty to edit and then decide to copy or save. It does the job, requires very little tweaking, but it's certainly not flameshot.

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LeLachs lemmy.ml LeLachs@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-17
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The Kerberos Auth for RDP sounds really nice. I cant wait to try that out

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-10-06
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not much changed

Except for removing 40% of the code base in this release.

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flying_sheep lemmy.ml flying_sheep@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-09-09
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unfortunately flameshot uses some wlroots extensions that no DEs seem to use , I have a ton of window rules attempting to work around it on plasma

The KDE screenshot application is super nice though, what does flameshot have that it doesn't?

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sakphul discuss.tchncs.de sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-06-23
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I especially waited for the Parental control features to land in GNOME 50. Great to see they made it into the release. Now I don't need aditional tools to enforce bedtime for my son.

Document annotations in the Document viewer is also a nice thing. But I would rather have proper Signing support via certificates for professional use cases.

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NakedGardenGnome lemmy.dbzer0.com NakedGardenGnome@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-08-14
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The KDE screenshot application is super nice though, what does flameshot have that it doesn't?

I really liked the built in light editing tools, they were a bit more advanced than the ones KDE provides.
But I seem to be fine with KDE spectacle at the moment.

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FG_3479 lemmy.world FG_3479@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-21
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I especially waited for the Parental control features to land in GNOME 50. Great to see they made it into the release. Now I don't need aditional tools to enforce bedtime for my son. Document annotations in the Document viewer is also a nice thing. But I would rather have proper Signing support via certificates for professional use cases.

It would be nice to see web filtering as part of it. A DNS like 1.1.1.3 can easily be bypassed.

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Mactan lemmy.ml mactan@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-04
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The KDE screenshot application is super nice though, what does flameshot have that it doesn't?

just personal preference, I like imgur upload because I use a social site or two that do not host any content in a cdn of their own. I've scripted my own upload in the past but it was unsatisfying

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Greyscale lemmy.sdf.org greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-11
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Here I am on effectively Gnome 2 still. Love you MATE

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0oWow lemmy.world 0oWow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-18
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Are windows full circles now? /s

It's funny to me how enormous the radius is on window corners. It's kind of hard for me to take it seriously.

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sakphul discuss.tchncs.de sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-06-23
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It would be nice to see web filtering as part of it. A DNS like 1.1.1.3 can easily be bypassed.

I think that this should be done on the network level by providing a DNS Server via DHCP or include filtering in your router if you are afraid of users changing the DNS Server (but maybe it's better to lock the network settings in this case).

But I see that not every User has the possibility or ability to do it this way. therefor having the option to do it in the OS is feasible for these users.

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viewports lemmy.ml viewports@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-09-05
#32 · (edited) Quote Reply

Is it any good now? I stopped using or thinking much about gnome and gtk after trying 3.0 even windows was better than that trash

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gregloscombe lemmy.ml gregloscombe@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2019-10-18
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Are windows full circles now? /s It's funny to me how enormous the radius is on window corners. It's kind of hard for me to take it seriously.

And the padding. Legit when the corner of a terminal makes the bottom line of text difficult to read, they have gone too far

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FG_3479 lemmy.world FG_3479@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-21
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I think that this should be done on the network level by providing a DNS Server via DHCP or include filtering in your router if you are afraid of users changing the DNS Server (but maybe it's better to lock the network settings in this case). But I see that not every User has the possibility or ability to do it this way. therefor having the option to do it in the OS is feasible for these users.

That becomes useless as soon as the child discovers the hotspot feature on their phone.

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sakphul discuss.tchncs.de sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-06-23
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That becomes useless as soon as the child discovers the hotspot feature on their phone.

As soon as the kids get smart enough to circumvent such measures, they hopefully know their way arround the Internet

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FG_3479 lemmy.world FG_3479@lemmy.world
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As soon as the kids get smart enough to circumvent such measures, they hopefully know their way arround the Internet

Most other circumventions require the child to know what they're doing, while a mobile hotspot is something they would naturally use when outside of the house.

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Cyberwolf feddit.org Pirate@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-06-12
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I fucking love Gnome over any other DE. I do hate how they try to fucking block using flameshot, otherwise, best distro in the linux world.
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Cyberwolf feddit.org Pirate@feddit.org
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#38 · (edited) Quote Reply

not much changed Except for removing 40% of the code base in this release.
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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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#39 · Quote Reply

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Yes, that 40% comes from the removal of X11 support.
I don't know if any of that code even ran in a Wayland session, and makes a difference.
But what it does is take 40% load of the maintainers who can invest their time elsewhere now.

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Cyberwolf feddit.org Pirate@feddit.org
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Yes, that 40% comes from the removal of X11 support. I don't know if any of that code even ran in a Wayland session, and makes a difference. But what it does is take 40% load of the maintainers who can invest their time elsewhere now.
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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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I remember reading it's 40% in an article, but now I can't find it anymore, so take it with a grain of salt.

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youmaynotknow lemmy.zip jjlinux@lemmy.zip
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Oh my God, thank you so much. That looks awesome. I'll certainly take it for a spin.

As for flameshot, I'm not sure, but last I heard it was still being developed and maintained.

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