I still like the look and feel of GNOME a lot so I spent a little time putting it together that way. I want a simple desktop with small elements to maximize real estate for windows. I also use the small taskbar on my work computer for the same reason. But with my work computer, I do show window titles because I usually have at least 5 workbooks open at once so it’s nice to see which is which when I need to switch between them.

I love KDE’s application launcher. It feels very Windows XP with the way it sorts things. It just makes complete sense.

Century Gothic may not be the most readable font in the world, but I think it has an old school charm to it.

  • TarantulaFudge@startrek.website
    2·
    4 days ago

    I stopped using gnome after they removed the ability to edit the menu without going through a bunch of hoops. Their idea of removing complexity involved removing choice and customization. KDE has had superior multi monitor support for a long time.

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      And as a multi-monitor user, I’m finding that part to be true. I’ve got my panels set up on each of my monitors exactly the way I want. Plus, controlling the wallpaper independently on each monitor as a built-in feature is dope.

    • idefix@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      8 days ago

      It’s been a bumpy road. I have strong memories of Gnome devs explaining to users how wrong they were to dislike Nautilus’s awful spatial mode. And when that guy refused to implement a switch off option because users were wrong to ask for it.

      Now really, it’s quite functional once you’ve tweaked with gnome-tools and added vital extensions. You also have to remember useless stuff such as “Video” means “Totem”. I’ll just never understand why they don’t really care about sane defaults.

      • themoken@startrek.website
        9·
        9 days ago

        GNOME 3 introduced the current shell paradigm where you don’t really have a start menu but a variety of searches, integrated indicators, per-app desktops with a dock etc.

        Before, it was far more conventional experience like Plasma/Windows/Cinnamon are now. GNOME 2 was forked to be the MATE desktop if you want to check it out.

  • Mike@lemmy.ca
    6·
    9 days ago

    I just switched from GNOME to Plasma in the past week, after a long time on gnome, and Plasma 6 is great. The only thing I miss so far is viewing all my windows on the desktop when I push the meta key - alt-tab seems clunky in comparison.

    Any suggestions there?

          • Mike@lemmy.ca
            3·
            9 days ago

            Plasma is great for the flexibility (shortcuts), and so easy these days.

            I was searching for task switcher, expose, etc. And just completely gapped on searching ‘overview’. (Web searches didn’t show it either, possibly because it’s too simple, so nobody posts about it.)

            Next up I might have to play some window tiling (e.g. like i3, sway & hyprland).

  • TxTechnician@lemmy.ml
    4·
    8 days ago

    I tried gnome for a bit. I really liked the workflow. But the over simplification of the interface just killed me.

    I got tired of it. And took the things I like from gnome and implemented them in plasma. (Swipe for virtual desktops for example)

    • comradegodzilla@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Yeah, I feel like 9/10 vanilla is best. If the developers of the DE are good it should work clean out of the box.

  • atek@lemm.ee
    4·
    8 days ago

    That looks amazing! Can you tell je how you did it? Everytime i start to tweak with the taskbar/dock/statusbar it comes out chonky and doesnt work. All i want i the same look as you have, but ive never come close!

  • typhoon@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 days ago

    I’m not a KDE user, is it possible to have the upper bar all the way up without showing the wallpaper above?

    • muhyb@programming.dev
      8·
      9 days ago

      Yes, basically pretty much everything you may want is possible. OP just uses the bar in floating mode.