Elementary OS used to be the most shilled distro on /g/.What went wrong?
any distro that puts “OS” in the name is garbage and you all know it too
>>110273473Use case for Pantheon? If you really want something bloated that looks more mnml than it is, GNOME is right there.
>>110273473It died years ago, what are you talking about
>>110273473Considering /g/, most likely it's>Danielle
>>110273473>Elementary OS used to be the most shilled distro on /g/.when was this?
>>110273473it looks like early 2000's cheap chink imitation of macos
>>110273541There was a major release then literally half the threads were people showing off their elementary desktops. I don't remember which version though.
>>110273473GNOME and KDE Plasma killed off other desktop environments, as they're too good to compete with for small projects. Also the main dev of elementary os is a batshit insane crossdresser dude
>>110273486Just like templeOS, cachyOS, or macOS.
>>110273541Like 2011-2012
These pseudo-macOS things (same with GNOME) have no real audience.They are imitating products that exist not out of altruism and not even necessarily as good software and UX design, but as established brand, legacy software and product ad platforms for the largest companies in the world and running SaaS suites and cloud storage for enterprise customers mass-deploying them on their PCs. No one, even when targeting Linux desktop, will waste their time writing software and libraries in some hipster language (Vala) tied to this one specific platform and UX. Platform-native GUI is a liability. People don't even want to write native iOS or Android stuff, they write React Native. Some individuals out there making living from YouTube vidoes maybe use KDE because it is sort of a clone of Windows 7/98.Techies and autists fed up with Krashes and abandoning GNOME 2.5 days after installing it will use something like XFCE or a WM and immediately install things called "Fooyin" and "Swayimg", not "Music" and "Photos".
>>110273541When that tranny tripfag Miles really wanted a macbook but didn't have enough money for it.He eventually got a Macbook and nobody cared.
Cant update from N version to N+1 version
Didn't they accuse you of stealing their OS if you didn't donate?
>>110273749GNOME equals security and that is what developers in the (major) enterprise world care about - other than that: Linux desktop usage is for "techies", right, and those people don't matter for the future development and choices of GNOME. it's no "clone", it's not for the usual dwm or sl retard, it's mostly for Linux desktop usage in infra that actually matters
>>110273896>GNOME equals security and that is what developers in the (major) enterprise world care aboutGNOME desktop in enterprise maybe exists on a kiosk computer with the full screen web browser where you tap on a screen to check in the room during the mandatory office day or a computer in a locked closet that is to configure the router for office LAN and wifi on stock untouched Ubuntu desktop.>Linux desktop usage is for "techies", right, and those people don't matter for the future development and choices of GNOMEI don't think then any people matter for the future development choices of GNOME.It is an adult daycare limbo/purgatory pay-rolled by RedHat mostly in a vacuum of actual users or demand or UX<->consumer-user feedback loop.
>>110273896>it's no "clone"It's UX direction is a cargo-culted early to mid 2010s iOS but with draggable windows. Stupid large buttons, wasted vertical space, lots of scrolling for minimal amount of information, multiple hamburger menus. It looks neat in the UI design document and screenshots, but sucks to use in practice.
>>110273473Daniel became Danielle.
>>110273473The reason why it was shilled is because it was a corpo venture and it came bundled with hardware (Mostly mini pcs) to save the money from windows licenses.Corpos quickly figured out there's no money in the linux Desktop side and pulled their funds.It's better this way desu, I hate corpos encroaching into Linux.
>you will never experience gradients this beautiful again
>>110274045>It is an adult daycare limboMany people in the FOSS community are special needs like this. The fediverse transbians have autism/adhd that doesn't impair intelligence but does inpair social judgement.
>>110273473The creators rubbed me the wrong way. They expect donations for this glorified macOS clone ui they slapped onto Linux and then got all butthurt when everyone keeps selecting the $0 option.Honestly don't know what the fuck they're expecting.
>>110273747okay this makes sense then why I didn't see it, I came here maybe in 2014 or so and all I have seen was big Arch shill
>>110273473People don't want to engage in tranies delusion
Does elementary OS still have major bugs?
>>110273812This is supposedly in progress.
>>110273473>most shilled distro on /g/>not gentoo or cloverAm I getting old?
>>110275475>mac os cloneIt's pretty much a better version of Mac OS. For example, the dock window management is actually useful.
>>110273473The most shilled distro on a Mongolian basket-weaving image board?Yep, that's the distro you deserve.
>>110273685TempleOS is actually more popular than ever before
>make mac ripoff system>no global menu barYOU HAD ONE JOB
>>110273473Manjaro used to be shilled pretty hard here as well around 2019-2020 but then Arch added archinstall and it faded into obscurity.
>>110273473It was the hip bingbong wahoo meme distro back then just like Omarchy, Bazzite and CachyOS are now. Like Elementary OS those 3 distros are also going to be completely forgotten by 2030.
>>110279516Well so is macOS but it's still garbage just like templeOS.
People who really wanted to use OSX either bought their own MacBook or just use any gnomed distro now.
>>110273473it's actually a good distro with a good unique DE and application suitpeople hate it because>tranny>prices in app store and for iso download (optional)>lagging behind Ubuntu releases>muh MacOS copyyou could say most DEs are copying old Windows and it's somehow differentOther than lagging behind Ubuntu and some small bugs there is mo problemthe team is not big so it's understandable they don't move faststill better than GNOME garbage
>>110279628Global menus are overrated. There should just be a GUI for 95% of an app's functionality and a hamburger menu for weird extra stuff.
Anyone here actually use this distro now?
>>110275437>dock can display over windowsWhat the fuck. There's a reason why Windows has a bar and GNOME pulls the entire screen out when it displays its "dock". The UI shouldn't be interfering with window content.
