On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 19:59, Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2021-10-20 11:03, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
When a desktop going from version 2 to 3 throws away everything users are used to, and the developers simply don't care, then it deserves any hate it receives.
Yup. The main reason for Gnome removing desktop icons was that the code was buggy. They didn't ask the users whether they wanted the bugs fixed or the icons gone. They picked the latter. TBH, I'm still mad at Gnome for getting rid of the bar you could dismiss with a click and it made the Strar Trek door noise. I think that went in Gnome 1.2 → Gnome 2.0
I've just switched to xubuntu. I think it uses XFCE. So far (10 minutes in) it mostly works. It does fail on one thing, though:
Let me alt+tab between the windows.
I can't seem to do that. And I can't cycle between workspaces, either. I hope it's not because I'm using an Apple keyboard. It's the least disappointing keyboard I've tried, but Linux barely understands it.
(Admittedly from memory:) try Ctrl-Alt-<left|right>-arrow-keys to change desktops. That is, of course, if you can find those keys on the Apple keyboard: Control-Option-arrow? -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com