Gnome has a desktop environment philosophy similar to that of Apple’s Mac OS—keep everything extremely simple. KDE uses a more Windows like philosophy. Those who like Windows’ desktop environment will probably like KDE. All of the other DEs fall somewhere in between.I will stick with it and see if it can be tweaked to make it to my liking. I find the decisions that Gnome has made odd, though. As well as having to install Gnome tools, I had to install "Gnome tweaks" just to get a minimize button in Firefox. And it used to be said that Linux does not need restarting to install stuff, but it does now. I have restarted twice to install updates.That’s just the way Gnome is—very minimal as far as desktops go. The beauty of Linux though, is that you can simply choose a different desktop environment—one that suits you.I installed Fedora Silverblue on my old laptop to try it out, and find the lack of a visible dock odd. It turns out that every time you wish to view the dock, you are required to click in the top left-hand corner to reveal it - which soon becomes annoying. Apparently it can be remedied by downloading Gnome tools and using a fix named "dash to dock", which begs the question as to why Gnome does not just give the option to disable it without going through this long-winded route.
The good news is that I downloaded the Bitwig flatpak demo, installed it, plugged in my i-rig keyboard and headphones and was playing the Polymer synth in a couple of minutes with no crackles and good latency - and this laptop is a ten year old i3!
Gnome prefers one or two windows open per screen, and keyboard commands or touch gestures to flip between these screens. When using Gnome, learn the keyboard shortcuts or the touchpad/touchscreen gestures to move from space to space. That’s how Gnome prefers to be used. This way, keyboard or touchpad/touchscreen users can stay focused on their work. That’s the idea, anyway. It’s nit for everyone. I use it (like I said previously), because I often use my 2-in-1 laptop as a tablet. The gestures make everything smooth and fast for me. Learning these short cuts are the key to productivity in Gnome.
Statistics: Posted by audiojunkie — Sat Aug 31, 2024 7:16 pm