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[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:20:14 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>But if you don't want the panel or the dash, why are you using GNOME
>at all? A switch to a lighter-weight desktop such as Xfce will give
>you a faster, more responsive computer.

Hi,

Liam has very good reasons to choose XFCE, especially for his panel
needs. IMO XFCE was quite good. I used it myself, but IMO it's on the
wrong path already, too. Even if I would share Liam's panel needs, I
would use openbox with xfce4-panel...

>If you don't like desktop environments, try CrunchBang++ which has a
>very lightweight customised OpenBox setup. It's my favourite of the
>ultra-light distros.

...actually you could stay with Ubuntu, e.g. use the server install
and remove what you dislike in the first place, by the installer and
after that install e.g. openbox or jwm or something similar.

I was used to jwm, but I migrated and now I'm used to openbox and use
two panels, both on top, those are lxpanel and fbpanel.

However, GTK2 is close to death and GTK3 is nasty, if fore some reason
you want to use GNOME, then consider to stay with GNOME. Get rid of
dbus-whatsoever commands, if possible. As pointed out by my previous
mail, it's no fun to use the gsettings or dconf command (you still
might need to use dbus-foo in addition), but I'm using those commands.
Most of the times they do the job, they fail relatively seldom, but
actually they could fail.

FWIW I'm using Arch Linux most of the times, followed by a tailored
Ubuntu install, but IMO NomadBSD (a live FreeBSD that comes with
openbox) is interesting, too.

Unfortunately the two guys who replied to your request yet, aren't
friends of GNOME. If at all, Liam and I probably would chose Mate over
GNOME. Hopefully a GNOME expert chimes in and provides a more helpful
pointer. Still consider to take a look at gsettings and dconf.

My 2 Cents,
Ralf