crk5 (@crk5@aus.social)
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Linux breaks the 5% threshold for the Hardware survey first time ever on @steam@lemmy.ml
  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    30 days ago

    Guys its finally the year of the linux desktop

    spoiler

    And it should be anything but GNOME

        • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          29 days ago

          I came from macOS and found GNOME pretty accommodating. It’s more akin to macOS than to Windows, both looks and customisation-wise. I’m also a software engineer! :)

            • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              29 days ago

              Thanks! I feel obliged to say I built my PC in 2023, but Linux still feels exciting to me. Trying to avoid becoming that annoying Linux guy who tells everyone to install it lol.

              • Cytro@mastodon.de
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                29 days ago

                @R00bot
                😂 After I did my first installations (back in 1998) with SUSE and Red hat… And I thought it was a mess. But I restarted using Linux in 2020 and it was a whole new world. Linux is grown into a real usable and flexible OS, and I love it… And well I tell anybody to try it out 😂

      • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        30 days ago
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        my issue with gnome is that it’s not api staple enough to trust the plugins you install will keep working

        • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          30 days ago
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          That’s a fair criticism. I imagine as it matures more this might become less of an issue (yes it’s been around for ages but desktop Linux is only recently gaining some traction, so I give them some slack there), but currently it’s absolutely GNOME’s biggest downfall.

          It’s also partially why I don’t recommend it for Windows refugees, if you have any expectations of how it should function there’s a good chance it just won’t work that way, and the extensions that make it work how you want it to are unreliable.

          I personally have a cursed setup with GNOME and hyprland installed. I retreat to GNOME whenever my hyprland setup is borked, which is most of the time.

    • CandyPants@lemmy.ml
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      30 days ago

      This is why we can’t have nice things. You brought a knife to a celebration.

      Let’s just be happy for the platform, also fuck Arch.

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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        30 days ago

        Let’s just be happy for the platform, also fuck Arch.

        Lol! It’s the year of the Linux desktop! Let’s celebrate!

        and then...

        focus on converting everyone to the Vim editor.