TheGrandNagus

I already mentioned in my comment why the “just have it as an API” point wouldn’t really work unless extensions became severely hampered in terms of what you can do with them.

• integrate Gnome Tweaks into the settings, maybe behind a “customize” button.

I’ve noticed they’ve done that with a few of the settings, but overall I don’t think there’s much appetite to do this.

• add system tray support.

I remember Gnome wanting to make a cross-desktop standard for this (the currently most popular AppIndicator system is a bit of a mess for multiple reasons, including UX, security, and some Wayland-related quirks). It’s went pretty much nowhere as it would require not only multiple DE’s (and Freedesktop org’s) involvement, as well as third party dev support. I hope it happens at some point though.

I don’t even know how you’re supposed to access programs running in the background currently.

It’s in the top bar, if you click the section where the part with the quick settings. It’s there as a drop-down. It’s an extra click though.

• add a toggle to put all opened windows on separate workspaces. Navigating workspaces with touchpad three-finger-swipe is a joy, faster and more intuitive than Alt+Tab or via the overview.

That’s a cool idea. I really like the sound of that.

I’m surprised too tbh. Many in the Linux community are absolutely insufferable when it comes to Gnome (and a few other projects).

It’s pretty funny.

A: “Linux is about choice.”

*B: “Ok cool. I choose to use Gnome, Wayland, and Flatpaks.”

A: “NO NOT LIKE THAT! THAT’S NOT WHAT I USE!!!”

Just dismiss them as the lifeless loser neckbeards they are.

They don’t actually “break”. Extensions have to report themselves what Gnome version they support. If they aren’t patched to reflect this, they will be marked as unsupported on that version of Gnome.

This makes sense from the perspective of making sure the extensions are actually tested on new versions of Gnome by the devs.

Gnome only really has two options here:

• do what they currently do, with most extensions usually only needing a text file reporting that they support the new version. (Almost all extensions don’t have an issue with this and are updated long before stable release, btw)

• assume everything works, possibly causing severe problems after an update if a change to the Gnome shell doesn’t play well with an extension.

People often say they should just have an extension API, but that would mean hindering the usefulness of extensions – they’d only be able to do what the API lets them, rather than having free rein over your system, which is currently what makes the extension system so powerful. They’d be almost entirely useless.

Pffft. I’ve had a drug consumption room for ages.

Because Greece is “Ellas” in Greek, when transliterated.

A few people? It’s a widely known term.

To most people around the world, gimp means that photo editor.

Lmao no it doesn’t. Almost nobody knows about this project. People know Photoshop.

It definitely implies that. If you’d give literal Nazis your patronage, you probably lack morals.

The real cause of “the burn”

Yawn.