On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 08:19:44PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Like what?
I don't use menus much. I type the windows key and the first few letters of the program I want. Like "f" gets me to Firefox.
Problem is I don't remember anymore.
I seem to be able to live without lots of things. I listed the ones that I remember missing.
Here's one I missed: if I ask GNOME for a terminal, and there already is one, it just moves focus to the old one. I have to type Ctrl-Shift-N to ask Gnome Terminal to give me a new one. That work-around is easy enough.
I learned long ago that the gnome terminal is too buggy to use so I don't use it. It had terminal emulation bugs which I can't accept from a terminal. I tend to use konsole (which has bugs too, but at least they are bugs you can deal with).
Can you be specific about what you miss?
I admit that I'm compliant and not too demanding of desktop environments. I have seen so many come and go that I never invest much in any.
I don't even remember anymore. It has been years since I dealt with gnome 3. I don't expect much from my desktop: - alt+f2 must give me a run box to start a program of my choice - There must be minimize, maximize/restore and close buttons on the windows. Double click title bar for maximize/restore is a bonus. Supporting alt+space shortcuts are appreciated too. - I must be able to resize the window by the border of the window - alt+tab must cycle through the windows in order of use - There must be a place for programs to show their status (like pidgin, wifi, etc). I remember gnome 3 failed a chunk of those requirements at least initially. I currently use xfce which does the job well. -- Len Sorensen