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On Mon, 11 May 2026 13:30:58 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

> GNOME to me is a good example of a system which seem to restrict users
> more and more.  GNOME 2 and 3 seemed to have less configurability than
> their predecessor.  Its been a while since I've used it, but I recall
> having to install an extension, to make configuration changes that with
> GNOME 1 I could do as is.  I was a GNOME user and stopped specifically
> for this reason.

I never liked GNOME and switched to SuSE early on since it was KDE. Ubuntu 
tweaks it enough that there is a taskbar, panel, or whatever you want to 
call it that I can live with since I pin the stuff I use to it and rarely 
have to deal with the dashboard.