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it's mostly the UX - I really like the way Gnome gets out of your way and still is very, very slick.

Plus, if you dont like certain things - you can customize it within seconds using extensions.gnome.org (for example - https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/15/alternatetab/ )

I think all the design decision by Unity are a bit jarring for me - including all the left-window-close-maximize things. BTW, if you follow my script, Unity is not really wiped out, but certain heavy applications (like Nautilus/Gedit) are replaced by lightweight alternatives (like Nemo/Geany).

P.S. were you not surprised by the weird way Nautilus groups icons now ?



I noticed Nautilus moved a menu I rarely used from toolbar into the main menu but that does not bother me much (actually "Show hidden files" is more accessible now) and they added back "backspace = up directory" feature which for me is great. I think we are lucky to have so many GUI alternatives while still being able to reuse the best tools GNU/Linux can offer. And what's great is they are evolving even if slowly and backtracking (like backspace in Nautilus :)).


I'm totally with you on most of your post... But how is Gedit "heavy"?


I'm not sure what was happening, but I used to have many gedit processes running in the background. Geany is much, much lighter for me.

Same with Nautilus.


On my atom n280 geany is really snappy while gedit is slow when moving around and bringing out menus.


Agreed. It gets out of your way and looks good.




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