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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Desktop icons were removed because they’re (at least in the devs’ opinions), a poor solution.

They were removed because they were never able to make them working properly. It was always an hack and had multiple issues. ANY other OS and DE has desktop icons...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nope. They had it and removed it, and there are plenty of extensions to add them back if you (for some ungodly reason) want them. They're not in vanilla Gnome because they don't want them. And they're right.

Practically all other DEs copy Windows, so yeah, of course they'll have Windows UX elements.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

and there are plenty of extensions to add them back if you (for some ungodly reason) want them

All the extensions are plagued by the same issue they had before. Drag and drop from apps never working properly, the icon grid behaves incorrectly sometimes and other cosmetic glitches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. They work fine. Several distros even use them out of the box without issue.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You clearly never used those extensions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Not for a long time, no. I prefer zero extensions. But back when I did... zero issues.

And right now millions of people do and I don't see widespread issues.

I think you're letting your irrational hatred cloud your judgement..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

And right now millions of people do and I don’t see widespread issues.

It's not a widespread issue, it's something with the desktop icon extensions and the original implementation. In both cases the drag and drop from/to apps never worked fine.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You misunderstand. It was never a mistake. It was always an unfinished project because no one gave a flying....for anything that was of zero value.

Just because you want to use a tweak that carries too little organization and don't care for the much more efficient method they replaced it with doesn't mean you can't go use gorram any other desktop.

Bye!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It was always an unfinished project because no one gave a flying

No, I didn't misunderstood, I know it was yet another GNOME unfinished project. Both the native thing and the extensions always had/have the same problems - drag and drop from apps never working properly, the icon grid behaves incorrectly sometimes and other cosmetic glitches.

for anything that was of zero value.

Now this is the thing, desktop icons are basic DE functionality and even Apple - the guys that actually know how to design anything - agree they should be there... at least with an option to turn them ON/OFF. The removal of desktop icons was simply the "GNOME vision" being used as an excuse not the fix something that was hard to fix.