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    [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

    This must be about Gnome 2.8 when Gnome indeed was by far the most popular desktop environment on Linux.
    And then Gnome 2.8 was deprecated and no longer maintained, and for years after Gnome Shell was complete and utter shit.
    IMO it still is, because they have changed fundamentals like how virtual desktops work, that disrupt my workflow.

    I agree Gnome is more elegant, but that's irrelevant when key fundamentals simply don't work anymore.

    So to get the desktop I like to actually use, I use KDE instead.

    Edit: Final release was 2.32 as u/esc correctly writes below.

    [–] esc@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Last version of gnome 2 was 2.32, I think, not 2.8.

    [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

    You are right, I just remember it as using 2.8 for an extended period of time. But looking it up, 2.8 was a milestone from 2004, and 2.32 was the final release.

    I switched to Linux as my main OS in 2005. So I probably started on 2.8.

    [–] 30p87@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    wilbur and konqi?

    [–] kivihiili@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

    yiff yiff hooray!!!

    [–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

    Quick, someone make a mascot for KATE!

    Also KDE supports window decorations under Wayland, and also a lot better IMHO.

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    [–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago

    Why not Konclusion?

    [–] sqauffle@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    I definitely prefer MacOS-style desktop design, so I lean in favor of Gnome. I often use Ubuntu solely because their take on Gnome is super clean and attractive to me.

    The dash. What the fuck? It would be a cool option, but I like the dock, and the extension for that doesn't work properly for me.

    If you're gonna rip off MacOS then rip it off.

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    [–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Gnome always wins on my computers

    [–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    The GNOME workflow works for me. I tried KDE recently and found I kept trying to make it like GNOME and kept failing. I do miss OpenBox, though... I'm tempted to try some Quick Shell set up using labwc.

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    [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

    I'm sorry, that must be frustrating.

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    [–] pwxd@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

    I guess I like KDE plasma now

    [–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

    Sad Katie noises.

    [–] M33@piefed.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Watching Gnome and KDE from Cinnamon 🍿😎

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