Cet article est aussi disponible en français. This article contains quite a few technical terms, which I will explain these in the following paragraphs, those that are already familiar with these terms may skip to the next section. A basic understanding of linux and it’s desktop environments is assumed. Server side decorations (SSD) is the term for when when the application’s titlebar is drawn by the system and client side decorations (CSD) is the term for when the applications draws it’s own titlebar. KDE prefers the former, while GNOME prefers the latter. KDE and most other desktop environments supports both, while GNOME only supports CSD.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57302675

an article explaining why GNOME should support SSD, but also arguing against the reasons often given for why they shouldn’t

If someone could repost this to r/GNOME I would appreciate it, since I don’t have a reddit account.

  • Quazatron@lemmy.world
    685·
    1 day ago

    I’ve avoided Gnome since the shift to GTK 3, when it became apparent that the devs were hiding functionality in the name of some greater vision that was never explained to lesser mortals.

    You don’t get to treat me as a moron, only my wife can do that.

    XFCE and KDE have served me well, at least they don’t hide settings and functionality from me.

    • Scrollone
      222·
      1 day ago

      I agree. GNOME 3 is completely unusable, and I can’t stand client side decorations because it leads to inconsistencies and ugly apps. Give me a standard title bar FFS

      • Quazatron@lemmy.world
        6·
        24 hours ago

        I wouldn’t say unusable, it’s tolerable. But it does get in your face in a very opinionated way, that gets old fast.