There are a plethora of newer DE, windows manager, Wayland etc...

But nothing compare with #Gnome2 + #Compiz, for this reason I use #Xfce and #WindowMaker; all the rest is boring...

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Bring back GNOME 2 days with GNOME Shell Frippery!

GNOME 2 was a release series that had its initial version, 2.0, that was rolled out to users on June 26th, 2002. It looked antique at the time, but, over eight years until the last release in the version series, 2.32, that was released to the public on September 29th, 2010, it looked more and more attractive from new detailed icons to new features and more.

Since then, GNOME 3 was released on April 6th, 2011, to promote simplicity and minimalism.

However, most people who were used to GNOME 2 didn’t like GNOME 3, so alternatives like MATE existed. Now, there is an extension pack for the latest GNOME version series, called GNOME Frippery Shell, that allows you to change your GNOME desktop to make it look like the GNOME desktop in its golden days.

You can install Frippery either through the GNOME Shell Extensions website, which is recommended (search for Frippery), or use one of the following files:

• GNOME 3.32 (RHEL 8.10): gnome-shell-frippery-3.32.4.tgz
• GNOME 40 (RHEL 9.5): gnome-shell-frippery-40.2.tgz
• GNOME 46 (Fedora 40): gnome-shell-frippery-46.1.tgz
• GNOME 47 (Fedora 41): gnome-shell-frippery-47.0.tgz
• GNOME 48 (Fedora 42): gnome-shell-frippery-48.0.tgz

After getting one of those files, extract the contents to one of the following directories:

• System-wide install: /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions
• User-wide install: ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions

Since the release of GNOME 3, a packaging request for Debian has been filed, but it was met with a lack of response for the whole fourteen years until the package has been finally pushed to unstable, with our expectations that Debian 14 (to be released 2027) will be the first release to ship this package. Then, Ubuntu adopted the package according to the Dssktop Team Integration Squad report as the first item to be listed in this report. Here’s the report about Frippery:

Sponsored Sébastien Noel’s packaging of gnome-shell-frippery into Debian Unstable. This package has been on the wishlist almost as long as GNOME 3 has existed. Unfortunately, Debian is entering Soft Freeze now so the package won’t be included in Debian 13.

However, this is GNOME 2 mixed into GNOME 3, so the powerful system is still required. If you wanted full GNOME 2 experience, we suggest that you install MATE or any other suitable alternatives.

Are you ready to experience the GNOME 2-like desktop?

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🧵 1/n I'm using #KDE / #KDEneon for two days now - pretty neat - my bitching and moaning since #Gnome2 might finally come to an end. 😅

I'd like a GUI settings option to make a single stroke of the Super/Meta/Win key show me the "Overview", like in #Ubuntu #Gnome - I haven't found one, yet.

So, i'm trying this: https://develmonk.com/2024/03/23/kde-can-have-meta-super-key-blow-up-the-screen-just-like-gnome/

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