I don't care for #Gnome (a desktop environment for #linux) and I want the world to know why.
https://woltman.com/gnome-bad/

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I Don't Care for Gnome - woltman.com

An exploration of Gnome's many failings and how to fix it.

@woltiv For starters, you can already remove your rant about the File Picker, as it is being replaced by the new portalled Nautilus file chooser releasing on Sep 18 with GNOME 47. That is the result of more than 5 months of top-tier, *full-time* code rearchitecturing, and only possible "in one cycle" by an experienced maintainer as a result of years of unpaid refactoring prior to that.

There are other things that are already being addressed with the new GNOME release coming out next month, too.

@nekohayo I wrote about the Gnome that is currently shipping. It's my understanding that the file picker has been that way (trash) for years.

@woltiv Sure, but when you are writing a detailed critique like that, there is something about timing it and doing your research also taking into account what is on the edge of being solved, particularly when people have been actively working on solving some of the issues, with great personal dedication and sacrifice.

You are not a journalist bound to a code of ethics, but when someone takes time to point out outdated information, it is courteous and the "right thing to do" to correct it.

@nekohayo I have added a note to both the preamble and to the file picker section, but possible fixes in future versions in no way changes criticism of version <=46.

Since I'm a not a journalist and aren't bound to a code of ethics, if you tip me $50 on Ko-Fi I'll write a review when the new file picker is released. The Ko-Fi link is at the bottom of the article. It would be crass to directly link it here.

@woltiv Also puzzled that, although you said you reviewed GNOME 46, you have different screens & strings in the gnome-tour app than what I actually see in Fedora's gnome-tour 46.0 app (video below).
Not to say that the gestures features presentation isn't weird on a desktop computer with no touchpad/touchscreen, though. The ticket for that is: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tour/-/issues/27
As for your complaint about the lack of a maximize button, there's a ticket about explaining how it works: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tour/-/issues/49
Support hiding or adjusting pages based on connected input devices (#27) · Issues · GNOME / GNOME Tour · GitLab

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@nekohayo I’ll post a virtualbox VM when I’m able (not at home for the next couple days) that shows the behavior/screens that I saw.