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    [–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago

    So today I made a VM of Debian that has all the DE’s as a matter of experiment to try them all out back to back to get an idea of what each one feels like. And right out of the gate gnome feels, a bit too abstract? You don’t get the sense that one screen is the default homescreen over another.

    It looks nice but it feels weirdly organised. (Which I’m sure I could get used too, but you know preferences)

    [–] sudo@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

    I'll give KDE a try again when they provide a way to track all of my settings via dotfiles. I tinker with shit a lot and I need the ability to track it all with a VCS. I've always kept KDE as a backup but its accrued so much config junk over a decade that its actually a pretty janky experience, and I'm not comfortable just nuking all my dotfules.

    [–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    I don’t like it when people pronounce it with a hard G

    [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Which one’s the hard g? If that’s the one that sounds like j or “g as in giraffe”, then I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it like that. Jnome? Doesn’t really roll off the tongue very well.

    [–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I suspect that @TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works really meant to say "with a non-silent 'G'".

    The word is typically pronounced ("There are gnomes in the forest!") with a silent 'g'.

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    This is the main reason I stopped using it

    [–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

    But it's there!

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    [–] twinnie@feddit.uk 4 points 1 month ago (13 children)

    If GNOME did a standard start menu style interface in 99% sure I’d be using that.

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    [–] AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    These two statements do not contradict themselves.

    [–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

    I am not a bigot. I hate ALL people!

    [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

    I'm a gnomer.

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