Re:Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000
by heavyset_go on Monday October 14, 2019 @03:05PM
(#21251615)
> To make an icon on the favorites bar in gnome, you have to edit a .desktop text file! Madness. I mean, I'm a programmer, so I'm capable of it, but it's seriously annoying
Just install the Menu Editor app from the Ubuntu Software channel.
> installing a gnome-shell extension was way more difficult than it should be
Go to extensions.gnome.org, install the Firefox or Chrome extension and click the "Install" button on the website to install gnome-shell extensions.
> brew isn't the best, but on linux I need to use both brew _and_ apt because you can't reliably get anything approaching up-to-date software with apt
Use snaps or flatpak. Using Homebrew on Linux feels wrong.
Just install the Menu Editor app from the Ubuntu Software channel.
> installing a gnome-shell extension was way more difficult than it should be
Go to extensions.gnome.org, install the Firefox or Chrome extension and click the "Install" button on the website to install gnome-shell extensions.
> brew isn't the best, but on linux I need to use both brew _and_ apt because you can't reliably get anything approaching up-to-date software with apt
Use snaps or flatpak. Using Homebrew on Linux feels wrong.