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image description:
a picture of a laptop's log-in screen, with the gear icon in the bottom selected(to change desktop environment)
the four options are:

  • GNOME Classic
  • GNOME Classic on Xorg
  • Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu on Xorg
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago

wait, it's all gnome?

always has been.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So.... basically it's all GNOME with different ricer setup ?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I saw zero difference between them.
ubuntu docs say gnome classic is traditional gnome version. but the only difference I saw was that the font seemed a bit bolder there.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

oh, and they were pre-installed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It should look closer to gnome3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

maybe it had something to with me being on 23.10 and customising it to the fullest extent?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

GNOME Classic looks like GNOME 3. But Ubuntu doesnt use GNOME too, they highly modify it too.

So you dont get the best experience anyways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

One is x11 and the other is wayland. I found a difference on the value of $PATH var between them

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago

And now do

sudo apt install vanilla-gnome-desktop
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Gnome Classic is a good option for older people who did not grow up with computers but learned to use Windows at work. The traditional look helps them to find the programs they need while everything else is modern.

And it helps the younger people helping the older ones, because under the hood, all is new and shiny. (:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nah, that's just one. I have GNOME (xorg, classic, Wayland), hyperland and KDE.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

I mean, that was the "meme" part about it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is there no Gnome classic on Wayland? 😲

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Maybe there is, I don't use it, now that I think about it, I can just uninstall it 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There is; it is the one without "on Xorg"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was talking about the upper comment, not the meme itself 😇🍻

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Anyway, Gnome classic works with wayland, because it is just a set of extensions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

😂ahh, I see, never tried classic, since I’m more the top notch rolling release guy (running openSuse tumbleweed and arch on my PCs)