Universal Blue•2y ago

eh, some don't

char•6/10/24, 1:09 AM

it doesn't have a system tray by default

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:09 AM

I do use extensions but like, they're there so I can use them lmao

AAstral eh, some don't

Mervius•6/10/24, 1:09 AM

are those people the GNOME Project?

HHikariKnight there is a flatpak

B_Wize•6/10/24, 1:09 AM

Welp...there goes my evening lol

halva•6/10/24, 1:09 AM

i mean if you specifically avoid anything outside the gnome paradigm, it can work

Cchar everyone does

Crono•6/10/24, 1:10 AM

I don't

char•6/10/24, 1:11 AM

i guarantee you use at least one extension

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:11 AM

there, bottom bar is now a bit more in like with adwaita

Cchar i guarantee you use at least one extension

Crono•6/10/24, 1:11 AM

Only reason I enable tray icons is because Steam doesn't let you disable it

AAstral there, bottom bar is now a bit more in like with adwaita

Valerie•6/10/24, 1:11 AM

A bit better. The inconsistency with the top bar is annoying though, that was something that drew me off of GNOME.

arongkatz•6/10/24, 1:11 AM

hey guys is the new steam update a bazzite update as well? i had to roll back to aprils update because something messed up my resume / sleep on my gpd win 4 8840

VValerie A bit better. The inconsistency with the top bar is annoying though, that was so...

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:11 AM

I mean that's blur my shell

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

you can turn that off

CCrono Only reason I enable tray icons is because Steam doesn't let you disable it

Crono•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

Otherwise they're all cosmetic extensions that I could just disable with no loss of functionality

arongkatz•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

im afraid to update again and messed up my device

Mervius•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

bazzite comes with extensions iirc

CCrono Otherwise they're all cosmetic extensions that I could just disable with no loss...

char•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

They're useful

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

it doesn't bother me all that much tho tbh. I like a little bit of blur on the top bar but that's about the full extent of it

Hhalva i mean if you specifically avoid anything outside the gnome paradigm, it *can* w...

halva•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

but like
idk
it feels a bit like that picture of homer with his back fat clipped

like yeah it works, it's just that you have to live the life of a buddhist monk and abstain from using anything involving trays lmao

AAstral you can turn that off

Valerie•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

I know but I feel that's one of the annoying parts of GNOME extensions. They don't always work super well together.

char•6/10/24, 1:12 AM

it's odd that gnome doesn't have them by default

Crono•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

The current implementations for them are all inconsistent and quite shit

VValerie I know but I feel that's one of the annoying parts of GNOME extensions. They don...

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

I mean I should note that to even get the top panel blur here I have to flick a switch in blur my shell and also this is a bit of a non standard layout anyway but it's what I find comfy

Cchar it's odd that gnome doesn't have them by default

halva•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

i think it was a technical issue

CCrono The current implementations for them are all inconsistent and quite shit

Crono•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

Even the Canonical extension one

Crono•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

It's being worked on though

char•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

literally i3 window manager can do it

char•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

why can't gnome

halva•6/10/24, 1:13 AM

kstatusnotifier wasn't made with anything but unsandboxed plain x11 in mind, and libayatana is just weird and fucky

Crono•6/10/24, 1:14 AM

But living without tray icons is really easy if you actually want to focus on what you're doing

halva•6/10/24, 1:14 AM

i don't agree with that decision but like

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:14 AM

tray icons have always been a bit hacky

Kyle Gospo•6/10/24, 1:14 AM

We ship tray icons in gnome

Kyle Gospo•6/10/24, 1:14 AM

Works well enough

halva•6/10/24, 1:14 AM

it's understandable at least

KKyle Gospo Works well enough

Crono•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

There's a bug with the legacy icons disabling VRR which is annoying

halva•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

i hope someone comes up with a better api for them

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

but as it stands like, I mean I don't mind using GNOME with extensions. It's still my preferred DE of choice even if I have to tweak it a bit simply because said tweaking is a bit less hairpulling than KDE and also it like... works and is stable

AstralOP•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

which is what I primarily want from my system

CCrono But living without tray icons is really easy if you actually want to focus on wh...

Crono•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

Of course a great number of people have 500 things open at any given time

Crono•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

And fair enough

Valerie•6/10/24, 1:15 AM

This is my work flow, GNOMErs can call it "flawed" all they want but this is the Linux desktop and I get to do it how I want.