Gnome replaces Unity

[Ralf Mardorf]

> On 14 Oct 2017, at 19:07, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 14 October 2017 at 17:44, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>> ..
>> Another issue is, that you can't use gsettings and dconf to access all GNOME related settings, e.g. there's seemingly no way to set up /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/ without using the GUI to edit the profile/s first. I could copy and paste an example when the backups are done.
> 
> Not sure what you mean there.

Hi,

Don't worry an example will follow soon.

>> I found no howto, to edit the panel's clock to display seconds, so I always install xclock, but randomly selecting "Always on Top" for the clock's window could cause a freeze, so only resetting the PC is possible.
> 
> Tweak Tool > Top Bar > Show Seconds

Ok, I didn't install it and Tails 3.1 by default ships without it, however, I need to do it by a script, so I have to find the dconf location. Listing all available settings using gsettings and to find what's needed using grep seems to be no issue, maybe true for the clock, but since I experienced that it could be an issue, I didn't try it for the clock settings.


I agree with Xen, that Cinnamon is also terrible. To keep it short, neither Cinnamon, nor Gnome could be used on my old machine regarding graphics related performance issues.

And btw. I don't hate anything at all, I just try to save a Mate user from migrating to GNOME, based on false expectations.

Even if some people really should experience GNOME as free from fatal bugs, I still wonder that nobody commented my claim about the inconsistent design of GNOME apps.  Some apps provide a burger thingy and others a menu bar only. What ever you should prefer, GNOME apps don't provide a consistent workflow.

Regards,
Ralf