GNOME Desktop top bar - waste of space? (feddit.dk)

submitted 2 months ago by vandsjov@feddit.dk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hi,

I used to be a big fan of GNOME the way it got out of my way when I didn’t need it and no icons in the bottom to take up desktop space. But the top bar just seems so… useless. It holds a few useful icons in the right side (and you can get extensions to add more) but other than this, it’s just taking up space. After a trip past Xfce I’m now on KDE with the bar in the top.

Have I missed anything about the top bar in GNOME Desktop?

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[-] tom42@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

For me Gnome and its GDK4 widgets feels like waisting space. Also many window title bars, button sizes and margins are way to big for me.

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