Why Gnome?

[Stephen Partington]

What do you use for your tray icons?

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 4:40 AM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> On 11/9/20 5:58 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A recent thread got me thinking: What does Gnome offer that any old
> > environment with a panel (the thing they used to call a "taskbar" in
> > win98)? What can you do with Gnome that you can't do with LXDE or xfce?
> >
> > I'm unable to use Gnome because I init with runit rather than systemd,
> > but I'd still like to understand how Gnome makes life easier for people.
> >
>
> I've used Gnome for quite some time on my Fedora setup. I like it
> because of its distraction-free design. It gets out of my way and lets
> me focus on work, while at the same time looks pretty.
>
> It has a few major things going for it.
>
> * Excellent keyboard-only navigation
> * All of the major components are well integrated with each other
> * Frequently updated (6 month development cycle, with bug fixes between
> each major update)
> * Several major distros and their corporate sponsors contribute to it
> directly (Fedora, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, to name a few)
> * One of the best DEs for the visually impaired (so I'm told anyway,
> that that with a grain of salt)
> * It's pretty, especially the most recent versions.
>
> Its obviously built around GTK applications, but QT-based applications
> work just fine. And of course if the terminal is your thing, you can
> open a terminal.
>
> The workflow definitely takes getting used to, especially if you are
> used to something more akin to Windows. A few of the default settings
> are a bit batty too. It took me a solid month to get used to the
> workflow, but that was over a year ago and now I don't even think about it
>
> The mistake people make with Gnome is that they try to turn it into
> something its not with extensions: give it a launch bar a la KDE Plasma,
> remove the top bar, that sort of thing. At that point it defeats the
> purpose of running Gnome in the first place.
>
> The only extension that I consider absolutely vital is an extension for
> adding tray icons, since some applications require the system tray.
> Otherwise I'm content with a pure vanilla experience.
>
> My 2¢
>
> -Matt
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