Quoting: MalSo either you bend the knee or you outcast yourself to some open source and free alternative... the other handful of outcasts.

I embrace being an outcast.

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Quoting: randylFor one thing I don't feel like I really have a lot of choice when it comes to Gnome 3. And I don't know how to say this without insulting other DEs, but to me only Gnome and KDE are robust enough to even consider.

I love Fedora but have come to loathe Gnome. I like a lot about what it could offer, but the team and their decisions and need to control their users experience drive me bonkers. I want Gnome to look and behave how I want it to not how they, the Gnome team, want me to. I finally gave up on them because nearly every Gnome update broke Dash to Panel, the extension that let me make my DE look and feel how I like. This is a great development for System 76 users in my opinion. It doesn't solve the Gnome control freak issue for anyone else, but it's good for S76.
I've been waiting for KDE to actually work well with Nvidia, and it's coming along, if not very slowly. Fortunately at work we don't even use desktop environments for the servers. We remote in. I know I could roll Arch and not have to deal with any DE, but I don't want to put that amount of effort into building and maintaining my desktop.

If they are so robust then why (in your words) aren't your preferred choices ready for you to use in the way that you like ?

Robust definition: strong; able to survive being used a lot and not likely to break / synonym sturdy

Is XFCE not sturdy ? MATE is that not sturdy ? they seem quite so. LXQT .. that's a lightweight QT environment and it feels pretty sturdy (what about i3 / Awesome, BSPWM). And cinnamon desktop, well seen as it is default with the much used Linux Mint id say it's pretty sturdy and robust.

Im Not trying to get into a desktop environment war as (that would be dumb) everyone should use what suits them, but the two DE's you mention being the only robust options for yourself are the two in which most people would historically claim are the least robust.

I think it's fair to say that every DE has it's bugs, 'features' and occasional instability. No DE is perfect.

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Quoting: AkonadyI think you like fragmentation (that holds Linux back) and no optimization whatsoever.

I think you like sweeping generalisations.

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Quoting: Liam Dawemost GNOME apps updated to GNOME 40 but they're sticking with the previous Shell version due to it being a big change

Just as an FYI for anyone testing or running something like Arch which recently got the Gnome 40 update. The much used but out of action 'dash-to-panel' extension has now been forked to Gnome 40. It's still WIP but it appears to work okay 🙂

https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel/pull/1303 [External Link]

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Quoting: NanobangI'd totally play this, but I simply couldn't do the rhythm combat bit.

same.

The soundtrack, on the other hand, I would totally buy.

also same.

There is a bit of a jet grind radio vibe going on here.

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Oracle wiki Definition:

An oracle is a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. As such, it is a form of divination.

Well... they didn't predict this verdict did they :smile:

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If you enjoyed A Short Hike keep an eye on the upcoming Haven Park

I very much did. Excellent little game.

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Quoting: emphySo they got to profit from the extra media attention and support from linux users without wanting to spend on the obligation that got them into.Even if they give a full refund to the linux backers that doesn't repay the benefits they received.

Soon and one of these days somebody is going to file a class action suit against this kind of thing, win and set a precedent.

I will not be disappointed when this happens. Even if it means we get less crowdfunded indie games on Linux. At least you know that when the precedent is set for 'false advertising based on a crowdfunded project' you won't have people in this situation disappointed, out of pocket and having wasted their own energy with free marketing for these companies.

Because in the end no product at all is better than a lie.

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Quoting: PangaeaThey've been very 'hungry' lately. If you can't innovate yourself, just take over those who are (in general), and also remove competitors. It's Microsoft 101. (and many others in fairness, like Google and Facebook).

it's capitalism 101. Be the shark that eats / hoards (acquires) all the growing smaller fish until there is no other fish left in the ocean but just one giant shark, eventually and inevitably a crisis occurs, there is not enough food for the rest of the fish to eat. The shark gets to swim to the government boat and ask for a free food bail out. whilst all the everyday mino fish get nothing when they have nothing left to eat because the big shark consolidated and consumed it all and there is nowhere else to find food (work)

the little fish are told to pull themselves up by their boot straps but they don't even wear shoes.

Quoting: GuestAnother account to delete... What's next? Will they buy my country too?

They most probably already bought some influence.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Ehvis

Quoting: Xpander... at least according to the wording.. might just be the poor choice of words ofc

The average marketing person would probably show a confused look and say "What other browsers?".

I see it as the same as all the Linux distros. We don't expect them to support every single small one, so why for browsers? There's plenty of smaller ones - should they have to support them all and the various ways they support standards differently?

Exactly.

I think sometimes when we look through the 'Linux lens' we forget the layman on the other end.

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