…or Humble Bundle if they offer the actual software download.

Not if they just offer Steam keys.

In my opinion.

Set off both journalctl -qu gnome-shell and journalctl -qu gnome-settings-daemon. Both return nothing.

This has been mentioned a few times here. Didn’t know that. Thank you.

This “Beginners Guide” they have there is a serious turnoff. They might want to consider a more lightweight and friendly intro to their software. 😄

Still, if I find the time to go through this massive wall of text, I will.

That’s my struggle with this solution as well.

Still, a solid choice.

Not for the faint of heart, but I’ll keep it in mind.

Good tip. Thanks.

I’ve looked at it. It comes up a lot. Thank you.

Really wish we wouldn’t have to separate the two. This adds a complication layer for exiting Windows users.

Ideally: install app (insert name). Run and enjoy.

Same across the board.

I stopped buying Skype credit once subscriptions were forced.

Alright. Let’s have it. What’s the extensions that enhance the look of Gnome, propelling it into eye-candy heaven?

Go for it.

• fantastic installer
• stable even if you use the rolling release (absolutely solid if you pick Leap)
• fantastic out of the box experience (usually GNOME for me)

… and so forth. I don’t get paid to write this. 😄

More on this.

System configuration with OpenSuse’s Yast seems miles ahead of all the others (at least those I have tested 🙃).

It doesn’t look particularly nice. German functionality over design. And that it does well. One can do A LOT with it. Plus it’s free even in Tumbleweed.

Agreed. Horrible news.

Hoping Syncthing-Fork will continue.

I just installed that on your recommendation.

Hoping for the best.

Here the link for anyone who wants to check it out.

Good I’m on Tumbleweed then. 😁

Seriously, I will test it in a virtual machine.

Good point. Which distros handle it well?

You can. That’s what I meant with folders. But I cannot position these icons and folders freely on a grid like the Win10 Start menu allows. Still, Gnome comes quite close.

Thank you. I might just have to switch to KDE for that. Will install KDE on my current GNOME environment. Will give it a test drive.

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at it. It is basically a simplified Windows 7 menu. Decent, but it doesn’t go far enough for me.

Gnome itself is actually not bad. It has a full screen menu and arrangeable application icons and folders, but I cannot group them the way I want, let alone resize them. I wish there was something for Gnome, but I don’t see it.

Perhaps I am asking for an edge case. Even Microsoft has dumbed down its Start menu in 11 to essentially a mobile launcher. Too few people seem to want that.