GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked

Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by enriquto on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:48PM (#25720337)

In this time and age, do we really need "desktops"? If you only need a full-screen terminal and a full-screen browser (as is the case for many people), the whole desktop thing is unnecessary clutter.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:51PM (#25720369)

Someone is living in one hell of a computing bubble.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by etaioinshrdlu on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:52PM (#25720379)

Terminals are probably never again going to be the primary computing interface for most people.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by enriquto on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:11PM (#25720617)

> Terminals are probably never again going to be the primary computing interface for most people.

So what? Neither are desktops! The question is that the total number of terminal users is certainly increasing year after year.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by nl on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:10PM (#25721343)

> the total number of terminal users is certainly increasing year after year

Perhaps, but the proportion of them is certainly decreasing (especially if we include devices like tablets and phones in "computing interfaces").

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by mgreenly on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:05PM (#25720537)

Without question I think that's true, but they certainly will be the primary interface of some people forever.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by guerrilla on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:54PM (#25720411)

Yes, I want to be able to look at more than one thing at a time.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by enriquto on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:57PM (#25720437)

Then you need a window manager, not a desktop.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by santoshalper on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:10PM (#25720594)

You mean like the literal desktop, the icons and whatnot?

What does that even have to do with this article, which is about a file picker?

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by branon on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:14PM (#25720648)

A desktop for most people is a crutch (plunger) for their disorganized computer (clogged toilet). I think the suggestion that desktops aren't necessary is a good one.

Several years ago, I started turning desktop icons off (both GNOME and Windows make this easy) and it really helped my organization, as I was then forced to competently organize files into Downloads, Documents, Pictures, Videos directories instead of vomiting everything onto the desktop. Simply _knowing_ where files are located is faster than scanning a cluttered desktop.

As a bonus I don't ever have to worry about the positions of my desktop icons changing.

File picker definitely needs thumbnails though.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by mmplxx on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:46AM (#25725936)

The OP is talking about desktop environments, not the desktop with your wallpaper.

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