Solus GNOME is amazing

Getta91

Axios I personally think this is a core difference with the other distro. The community may be smaller but it is for sure a better one.

Getta91

brent Thanks and yeah it was an unwanted trip 🤣 . I'm definitely not going back!

Getta91

Original-Syn I didn't see it that way but you are totally right. There are so many options out there that linux can turn into pretty much anything. I'm just happy i found my place in all of those.

AlphaElwedritsch

@"Getta91"

Solus GNOME is amazing

I know, and you're absolutly right 😉

wazjf

I agree too. I distrohopped a lot recently and i came to realize that solus gnome is amazing. Each time i distrohop, I am ending back on Solus gnome. So I decided to stick with solus and stop distrohopping!

Getta91

wazjf Glad to find I'm not the only one on that side! It is such a solid distro

Citfta

I have been on Solus plasma since the first of the year. The last couple of distros I tried before finding Solus were also plasma. I don't think I have ever tried a distro with gnome. Would anyone like to give me a brief rundown of the differences between the two. I am always open to trying something new. That's how I found Solus. And so far I have found no reason to try any other distro but I might be willing to change to Solus gnome if I knew more about it. Thanks for any info anyone would like to share.

SethStorm666

Citfta

I came from Gnome to KDE via Budgie (for a short period of time). Gnome in my opinion is very polished on the interface, but very restricted - This could be a hurdle if you are used to the freedom KDE gave you.

AlphaElwedritsch

The internet and YouTube are full of rundowns and reviews about Gnome.
Or you can simply install a Gnome VM.

AlphaElwedritsch

Although the restrictions can also be very beneficial, depending on your point of view. I, for one, support this concept, which Gnome is implementing very stringently.
But it's something that can be wonderfully discussed for decades without reaching a consensus 😉

Scooter

OK, had to see what all this was about. I used Budgie and Plasma with Solus in the past... just never thought about Gnome. KaOS is on my other drive, but the omission of 32-bit libraries renders my Brother printer useless. Beautiful Plasma shell, though.

You folks are onto something. This is much easier on my aging eyes than Ubuntu. Gnome's advantages over Plasma includes apparent smoothness and a real working integration of Google services (KDE has NEVER gotten that right). Helps my work-related stuff. Dolphin is a better file manager, but that's not everything. Gnome's minimalism keeps my focus on work. Now that I figured out how to fully use Musescore/MuseHub I'm a happy camper.

Three extensions moved the needle to the point that Solus Gnome became my daily: Caffeine, Clipboard Indicator, and (most important) Tiling Shell.

Thanks for the encouragement to try something new.

brent

Scooter You folks are onto something. This is much easier on my aging eyes than Ubuntu. Gnome's advantages over Plasma includes apparent smoothness and a real working integration of Google services (KDE has NEVER gotten that right). Helps my work-related stuff. Dolphin is a better file manager, but that's not everything. Gnome's minimalism keeps my focus on work. Now that I figured out how to fully use Musescore/MuseHub I'm a happy camper.

Three extensions moved the needle to the point that Solus Gnome became my daily: Caffeine, Clipboard Indicator, and (most important) Tiling Shell.

I am just discovering Gnome this year (and Wayland) too, as I put the Solus version on spare laptop. It really is unique. I also avoided it for years.
Like you said the extensions/dock keep it rooted to earth instead of that two-different worlds thing it does.
PS--the first thing I did was rip out Nautilus file manager and install Nemo. Great thread, and great reply.
Won't be replacing Budgie as DD but the more time I spend with it the more I like it

Original-Syn

Not a big Gnome user myself anymore but the Solus team has done well on all the desktop options. Budgie is expected, but the others are all first class in my experience.

AlphaElwedritsch

Happy Birthday

AlphaElwedritsch

@Devs
Are the default gnome wallpapers found somewhere in the system, or do I have to download them from the internet?

They are not found in the Solus gnome wallpaer system selection

EbonJaeger

AlphaElwedritsch We ship backgrounds in both the solus-artwork and gnome-backgrounds packages. The images from gnome-backgrounds are located in /usr/share/backgrounds/gnome, and solus-artwork images are in /usr/share/backgrounds/solus.

AlphaElwedritsch

Thanks a lot