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I made this post because I really like the design of GNOME, and although i'd like customizability, it is mostly enough for my everyday needs. But I want to understand why people may choose other desktop environments..or why you would/would'nt use GNOME.

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[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and the way I open apps - press super and start typing it's name and enter. So simple, so fast.

that.. is the way one opens apps on every mainstream de by default? be it a start menu (plasma, windows, cinnamon, etc.), list menu, (old plasma, many old de's), or some other launcher, i think that's pretty standard

[–] MrStetson@suppo.fi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been a while since i used any other DE but i remember Windows being slow couple years ago on high-end pc, and i remember a de where super did nothing, think it was Xfce. Nice if most major DEs have this feature

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

fair enough; i didn't know you were talking about lag^[(although to be honest, i find gnome the worst for this)]

i'm fairly sure that xfce does this (or it might just have been the way mint sets it up), but i couldn't tell you for certain