I hear they’re very precise [badumsh]

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You’re the one lying. Gnome 46. That’s when it was added.

“Location entry on click” and “Detailed timestamps for files” listed proudly as “features” as if they aren’t default on every file manager that doesn’t treat its users like babies too dumb to use their computers.

Thanks, I was going to post a very similar rant.

The “just works” argument IS a valid one and they would have a point – IF Gnome’s defaults were in any way sensible. They aren’t. The entire workflow is a nightmare. (I made the apple comparison – Well, uhh… MacOS is also a walled garden that doesn’t let you change shit, but at least it’s got very decent defaults)

Gnome’s file manager didn’t let you type in FOLDER ADDRESSES until a few months ago, ffs. And sure you could, even then, use an alternative file manager.

… But at that point you are fucking with the premise of “just works”, because you will need to use non-default stuff.

points at op

That’s bait.

Gnome in general is undeniably made competently by competent and talented people. If it wasn’t, it would break a lot more.

Those competent and talented people also managed to make extremely bad choices at every turn, and seem ideologically opposed to the idea of customization, resulting in an environment that is fundamentally painful to use unless you very specifically fit the box of what they expect users to be like.

It sort of feels like an Apple product, in that sense. Very well-made, but god forbid you don’t want to do things exactly as they say you should

Now I hate Gnome

But:

1. Harrassing the creators is cringe, even if they make (undeniably-very-competently-made-but-by-virtue-of-dumb-choices-rendered-into) bad computer programmes
2. Wayland is good actually, Gnome or otherwise.

Imagine a fictional creature that has wings like a bat and foot-beans like a cat

Bats.

I just wanted to say

My just-woke-up brain combined these two into “how do you cope with moth memes”

The One I’m Using :tm:

itautec

reproduto(…)

points Brazilian

Advocating for animal cruelty is a definite bruh moment.

I’m more curious which is Stallman’s poison of choice

Karen you foul harlot, release me from this Japanese erotic book at once.

rebbit dot cum slash arr slash linux circlejerk

Edit: Also looks a bit like the ‘reduce reuse recycle’ symbol if you squint.

Some of those that work forces

are…

… not the same that burn crosses this time!!!

Honey I am the Linux mafia. I’ve spent the past 15 years pushing Linux on my circle of gay nerd friends

And it even stuck with 3 of them.

Again

COMPARED TO CONSOLES? That’s basically paradise.

Modern, unhacked and unmodded Consoles are:

1. Completely locked down, not only do they not let you install applications not approved by the manufacturer, in reality you can ONLY buy them from the manufacturer and you pay a hefty tax for that “privilege”.

2. Feeding you ads and upsell attempts whenever you turn them on, as the UI has basically been redesigned to try to sell you more shit first and make getting to your actual games take a few extra steps

3. Any undesired feature in a console’s OS is something you just have to accept and move on. Powerusers killing Windows bloat with third party tools is a time-honoured tradition that goes back to Windows 3.11

I’m not saying Windows is good.

I’m saying that for someone coming from a PlayStation or a traditional XBoXSeXxxx (I love making jokes out of this name), this whitelabelled ROG Ally machine would feel like finally being able to breathe. Just for the fact that you can use more than one storefront and install applications from wherever you want.

Let me put it this way:

Linux is an anarchist commune. True freedom.

Windows is an American Style Capitalist Republic. Freedom*********** with a thousand asterisks more. BUT for someone coming from the North Korea that is playing on consoles (or using an iOS mobile device or…), it DOES feel like finally breathing free.

Honestly

As compared to consoles? Windows is pretty free.