• Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
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    1 year ago

    If a DE has a list of “must install” extensions/plugins for it to be usable, then that DE is not for me.

    I don’t know most of these extensions, but from the names it very opinionated and depends on who you are if those extensions are a must have for you. I mean, Burn My Windows does not sound like a must have, while Caffeine does.

    Title should have been: “15 Extensions I Have To Install On GNOME”.

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      1 year ago

      You can disable the screensaver and auto-suspend just fine in the settings, caffeine lets you toggle it from the panel, I’d hardly call that a must have, if anything it’d annoy most users who prefer a clean panel.

      I prefer the gnome approach of having a functioning basic DE where you can optionally install extensions that you want.

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        1 year ago

        It’s “usable” but nobody is going to use it every day without wanting any number of things you need an extension for, which is a pain, and does make Gnome look user-hostile compared to KDE