so is it now or soon ?

anyone interested in this might like the concept of marking menus in Autodesk Maya (and perhaps other programs). It’s basically pie menus, but nested, and which you can draw quickly (without even waiting for the actual menu items to show). Just draw the path to your desired item and release the click

I reread myself and I said Gnome is shit, lol. not exactly the best opener I admit. The set up on a new install is time consuming but I know Linux relies on config files a lot so there must be a way to carry things over from a previous install. I haven’t looked into it yet, it’s such a learning curve

Yea sure 😁 think before you prejudice !

FYI, I’m not hating. Criticism should be a fine thing to do, enjoyed by all parties, respectful and all. See my other replies for my opinion. I swear it’s not terrible, and you’re free to discuss it.

Yea to be frank I also love the simplicity of Gnome. I do apreciate its qualities. It’s consistent, I get that it tries to offer a streamlined experience. I find it sacrifices a lot to get there though. The lack of flexibilty (by default without extensions) wrt window/workspace management feels a bit crippling. I do appreciate the consistency. But that’s not enough for me to make up for other aspects. And for the overhanging feeling that it’s so strongly opinionated, it might just diverge from your sensibilities at some point, without warning.

Yea, the single fact that we’re able to talk about this is a testament to the choice… 👌🏼 Pretty cool. All in all I may like Plasma better, there are true dealbreakers that make its usage impossible for me (tbc). Anyway. For now I work under Windows11. Whatever works

I have been using Gnome for a few weeks (because I have an issue with my tablet and Plasma works badly with it), and it’s shit. Very locked in, strange choices regarding how information is presented, waste of screen estate (topbar that sits completely unused)… Plasma was a million times better. If I didn’t have this tablet problem… anyway that’s my advice. Have fun. Debian is stable, you should be good

it actually stands for garam masala

Indeed

HaikuOS

what else is there ? porn with a GUI ??

fantastic for someone like me who doesn’t know shit about networks and file sharing yet has a mix of windows and linux machines

yea both are utterly cool

I’ve been using Nobara, it’s good, it has a dumbed down utility to help you install the important stuff. It’s made for noobs, in a way. I recommend the Plasma desktop instead of Gnome, Gnome is super basic and inflexible. I’m using it because it has support for my wacom tablet but I miss KDE Plasma.

or escape prison !

gotcha. Thanks. I do like time capsules ! but sometimes put off by the creaking, so to say. I did hear Black Mesa was very respectful of the original however

I have played some of it but got bored. I love long intros and anything narrative so that was not an issue. I think I was put off by the rigidity of the gameplay itself. But I really do want to play through it. Cheers

I haven’t played through Half-Life anyway so I’ll do them all at some point. Would you recommend I play the original HL, or Black Mesa? do they work on Linux?

Ah, I should play that

What about Half Life: Barney ?

I thought Arch install was a manual process? do you have something that speeds it up, or automates it?