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GNOME is good, actually [GNOME customization guide] (www.osnews.com)

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

even fucking XFCE has out the box "easy" customisation

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All of the old 2000s DEs were more customizable, including GNOME itself.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

in their search for the 'perfect' desktop, i think the gnome design team went just a weeeee bit too far in dumbing-down the interface and elimination of 'clutter', and so many 'gnome' applications and utilities have like zero options and no menus, and literally no personality. they're basically unusable on anything that's supposed to be more than just a browser-launching chromebook replacement.