GNOME?!

Posted by Extravisual on Aug. 23, 2011, 8:25 p.m.

So my computer fucked up. It suddenly decided that it wasn't going to allow USB ports to function while Windows was running. They'd work in bios and whatnot, but would just cease functioning as soon as Windows started to load. I decided it was time for a fresh installation, but first I had to save my data.

I went to download Fedora and I had the choice between KDE and GNOME. In the past I much preferred GNOME, so I went with it. What the hell happened to GNOME? Its interface is terrible. It's so simplified, almost as though it was designed for my grandmother. Reminded me more of a smartphone than a PC. It was awful, I used to like GNOME, but this was near unusable.

So here I am using KDE. So much better. I don't get why GNOME is as it is. When did this happen? And why? :(

Comments

link2x101 13 years, 3 months ago

It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right! :O

LAR Games 13 years, 3 months ago

Every time I see your avatar, I'm reminded of how I used to have a crush on misty from pokemon when I was a kid…

JID 13 years, 3 months ago

lul, pokymans

LAR Games 13 years, 3 months ago

Pokomons

Josea 13 years, 3 months ago

Fedora comes with GNOME 3 right? I still use the classic two bar GNOME 2 that comes with Ubuntu (not that Unity crap). You'd have to kill me to change it.

Extravisual 13 years, 3 months ago

I could probably figure out how to get Fedora to use GNOME 2. But why they would even include GNOME 3 by default is beyond me, it's so awful.

LAR Games 13 years, 3 months ago

Yeah. I recently updated ubuntu and found that gnome looks like an ugly version of osx. It didn't feel right either.

Josea 13 years, 2 months ago

Forgot to mention this, why not give XFCE a shot? KDE and GNMOE aren't everything and a properly themed XFCE is cool.

Nighthawk 13 years, 2 months ago

I'm using Xubuntu right now and I love it. XFCE is basically GNOME 2 but 100x faster.

PY 13 years, 2 months ago

GNOME 3 made a lot of interesting design decisions. I don't think they really worked out, but I respect it for trying.