this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2024
133 points (100.0% liked)
Linux
47761 readers
861 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Gnome takes a while to make changes. It is a blessing and a curse. They focus very heavily on stability and a consistent UI that isn't confusing.
And at the same time they often introduce major under the hood changes that break stuff developed for the old version. It makes stability very vague here but "stable" distros don't update the DE so I guess they can fix stuff before releasing a new version.
You're talking about extensions.
Extensions that don't come from GNOME are not supported at all, they've made that clear. If they wanted to, they could just stop allowing third party extensions altogether.
This is because they hook directly into GNOME Shell's' internal JS, which changes every release as they refactor it for performance or feature changes. Developers have a few months before release to adjust their extensions for the newer version.
Personally, I just raw dog vanilla GNOME for stability, and it works fine.
Not just about extensions but also GTK4 randomly deprecating features in minor updates and icon pack issues.
I personally love it, I use Linux for work and I need it to be concise, consistent and stable.