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[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GNOME has amazing touchscreen gestures, and afaik comes with it's own virtual keyboard

[–] experbia@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been tempted by GNOME several times, but I disagree with some of their design choices and find them a bit frustrating. I feel that it's fairly strongly-opinionated software. The benefits, of course, are obvious: internal consistency that leads to a higher quality experience. But, only if you buy-in to some overarching design philosophy. That's one of the reasons I left Windows! I also have a suite of Kwin scripts that make my life a lot easier, so it's pretty hard to leave Plasma at this point.

Still, that keyboard has tempted me a lot nonetheless...

[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too. I love the look of Adwaita, but some of their choices I can't get past, like not having a system tray. I'm really excited for Cosmic, it looks like it will blend the styling of GNOME with much of KDE's customization!

[–] experbia@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

COSMIC is now on my radar, thank you. It looks very intriguing.