• narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Okay but the comparison was about GNOME vs KDE, not “GNOME modified with 5 extensions and tweaks that may or may not break with the next major update”.

    Also, most users will want to install third party applications. Your average gamer will likely install Discord and Steam, both of them use a tray icon. And no, most gamers aren’t very technical when it comes to their OS.

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      2 months ago

      Okay but the comparison was about GNOME vs KDE, not "GNOME modified with 5 extensions and tweaks

      Yeah each distribution has their own patch set. If you really want to compare you need to start with the most popular, ubuntu and fedora.

      Also, most users will want to install third party applications. Your average gamer will likely install Discord and Steam, both of them use a tray icon.

      The two examples you gave are definitely not most users. I’d be surprised if it were even 20%. And the tray icon isn’t necessary for either of them to work correctly. Most people use the computer to open the browser.

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        2 months ago

        Fedora is pretty much vanilla GNOME. And yes, pretty much all users install third party apps. Not everybody installs Steam of course, but let it be Teams or Zoom for meetings for example. I don’t know anyone just using stock apps on their computer (or phone for that matter).