by BirAdam on 4/13/2024, 2:01:04 PM
by bsimpson on 4/12/2024, 9:11:07 PM
One of the neat things about Linux is that people get to scratch their own itches.
That said, this project looks like it needs a visual designer. Strong "programmer art" vibes from the lack of coherent spacing. Some consideration for padding would go a long way.
by biomcgary on 4/12/2024, 6:52:45 PM
Go is my goto language, so it is nice to see a desktop environment using it.
Despite my interest, I am curious about the motivation for another DE. Is the primary goal to use Go and/or the Fyne library to create a functional DE? Or, is there a larger vision for this DE that Go and/or Fyne enables?
by qwerty456127 on 4/12/2024, 5:21:41 PM
Why does every window manager have panels? I don't want any. I only want tiling and have every thing traditionally handled with panels to be a separate app I can launch the common way and place as an ordinary window wherever I see fit.
by pjmlp on 4/12/2024, 7:42:27 PM
I imagine FyneDesk could eventually provide an Oberon or Inferno like experience, given its influences.
Maybe with net/rpc, D-Bus or gRPC, replacing the use cases of dynamic code loading from those environments.
by jerf on 4/12/2024, 7:18:56 PM
Is this XWindows or Wayland? Couldn't see an easy way to figure it out.
by metadat on 4/13/2024, 1:08:18 AM
Did they find a way around the stupendously slow build times for Golang GUIs? Last time I tried is was maddeningly slow.. like minutes to see any incremental change.
by iampivot on 4/13/2024, 12:42:43 AM
Implement a Miller column file manager and it will take off.
by zerr on 4/12/2024, 9:30:05 PM
Accessibility?
by nsonha on 4/12/2024, 8:36:34 PM
"material design" is a feature for desktop management now?
I may be alone in this, but I personally feel that older GUIs were better than modern ones visually. I really and unironically think that IRIX, CDE, Win3, OS/2 Warp, and KDE1 look better than what has come after. Sadly, software has actually improved measurably in almost every other way (if you disagree, your memories are a bit rose tinted, cuz… uh… not hard restarting due to crashes is nice) and these GUIs are therefore somewhat unusable today. Also, other commenters are spot on. There are a ton of different WMs and toolkits and everything… and most of them require so much fiddling.
For full desktops: Plasma is great, but I personally dislike it for a reason I can’t put my finger on. GNOME is great once I install about 12 plugins, but then those break on updates, and I cannot stand the default GNOME experience. XFCE is “fine” but lacks some refinement. Budgie is on life support it seems. I haven’t tried enlightenment in a while. Never tried Deepin.