by FrostViper8 | 2026-01-24 14:05:41+00:00
> Installing extensions is not customisability. It is code patching on the fly and it breaks when the desktop gets upgraded.

This is nonsense.

1) It changes how it works to how I prefer it, so that is customising it.
2) I've used the same extensions for ages. Nothing ever broken.

Basically want you and a lot of people want, is that there are hundred of options setting trivial things. Ok fine, then don't use Gnome, nobody is forcing you to use it.

As I said I install dash to dock and appindicator icons.

> Again you translate "does not do something well" into "it does not work".

It seems to be that you are getting hung up on the word "works fine" and wanting to get into some stupid semantic argument.

I found that it does do it well. You didn't read what I said. I used it for 2 years. It worked perfectly fine during duration.

So I know for a fact that what are you are saying incorrect.

> You didn't understand it, then. It is really about what settings to enable and what extensions you must install.

I was being flippant when I said "enable a checkbox". What was described in your blog post I've done this in virtualbox myself in the past.

It isn't difficult, pretending it is is asinine. I haven't used virtualbox in years, but I am quite familiar with the general purpose from when I did.

> I read it. I replied. I don't care.

Right. So why are you replying at all? So why should I care about your opinion if you aren't willing to consider mine?

You said you were 58 years old, I expect someone that is 58 years old (and is clearly articulate) to behave better tbh.

> A bunch of entitled kids who don't know how to use a computer with keyboard alone and who don't give a fsck about the needs of disabled and visually impaired people ripped out menu bars and a tonne more to make their toy desktop, but they threw in features to amuse audiophiles and people with fancy monitors, and you don't understand why I am pissed off.

I have HiDPI monitors for work. You keep on making assumptions about people and then come to the wrong conclusions.

Also I actually have a blind friend and he says that Gnome is actually works reasonably well (he installed it in a VM on his Mac).

He says it isn't as good as MacOS and thus he still uses his Mac. But he used Gnome and Unity and he says they are "ok".

As for pipewire/pulse. I had some issues with it like while ago, but it all seems to be fixed now.

So I am going to assume that you don't know what you are talking about.

> You ripped out my computer's UI and replaced it with a toy so you could have higher refresh rates and shinier games.

This is absolute nonsense. I did nothing of the sort. I just customised the default UI that happened to come with CentOS 7 at work and happened to like it and usually return to using it.

Gnome actually known for not working well with games. I am actually making YouTube video about it. You have to install GameScope to sandbox the compositor.

This is another case of you not knowing what you are on about quite frankly.

> I have been getting hatred and personal abuse from the GNOME team and GNOME fans, every time I ever criticise it, for over a decade now. It is the single most toxic community I know in Linux.

Says the person that just told me he didn't care about my needs and whether my hardware works and then blames for something never did. The toxicity isn't coming from me.

BTW, None of this was done by me. I use gnome. I am not part of the community. I done exactly one YouTube video for a friend to show him how to configure some stuff in Gnome as he was new to Linux. Oh I think I once may have logged a bug on their issue tracker.

It seems to me that you are arguing with the wrong person. You need to direct anger elsewhere. I did find the accusations of quite hilarious. So thanks for the giggles.