Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-08 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Too CPU intensive (I don't have a fancy graphics card). Samuel Sieb:> I would be very surprised if your graphics device didn't have enough > acceleration to run Gnome at a completely reasonable level. What CPU > usage do you think is involved? Sure, it can run it, but it's noticeably

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-04 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon Apr03'23 09:24:57PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > From: Tom Horsley > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 21:24:57 -0400 > To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users > Subject: Re: GNOME interface is too bulky > > On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:39:25 +

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Icons, icons, icons! I can't find a damn thing by icons. Tom Horsley: > Yes! A stop sign and an envelope are pretty much it for icons that > make some sense, after those two it is all guesswork (and I wonder how > the envelope will age with no one sending physical letters > any longer :-)

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Joe Zeff
On 04/03/2023 07:09 PM, Tim via users wrote: You don't have to use it, I don't. I don't like it for various reasons. And let's not forget that it's bloatware, taking up far too much RAM, and that the only apparent way to get control of it is by using a number of third-party extensions that t

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 4/3/23 18:09, Tim via users wrote: Too CPU intensive (I don't have a fancy graphics card). I would be very surprised if your graphics device didn't have enough acceleration to run Gnome at a completely reasonable level. What CPU usage do you think is involved? The removal of an organis

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Tom Horsley
On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 10:39:25 +0930 Tim via users wrote: > Icons, icons, icons! I can't find a damn thing by icons. Yes! A stop sign and an envelope are pretty much it for icons that make some sense, after those two it is all guesswork (and I wonder how the envelope will age with no one sending p

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Tim via users
Tim: >> Much of that is adjustable.  It used to be, and may still be, in >> Gnome. It definitely is with other desktops. Ranbir: > I don't see where in GNOME I can adjust the font size. Do I need to use > gsettings or something? Some time ago Gnome minimised customisation options, and various th

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Ranbir
On Mon, 2023-04-03 at 00:05 -0400, Edward G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >    > I had a friend who also thought this, I had recommended she try > Fedora in one of its other iterations?(KDEXFCECInnamon) > to see if something else might not be more to her liking...she ended > up with KDE...and wh

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Ranbir
On Mon, 2023-04-03 at 14:29 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > Much of that is adjustable.  It used to be, and may still be, in > Gnome. > It definitely is with other desktops. > I don't see where in GNOME I can adjust the font size. Do I need to use gsettings or something? > I wonder if you've accid

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Mike Wright
On 4/2/23 21:00, Ranbir wrote: On Fri, 2023-03-31 at 17:32 -0400, Roger Wells wrote: What part do you think is so big?  I find it's quite minimal. I think so as well. Interested to learn the concern I have a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Fedora 37. I don't boot into Windows nearly as

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread stan via users
On Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:19 -0400 Ranbir wrote: > In GNOME, the font used is bigger, the window borders are thicker, > buttons are bigger and there just seems to be more padding around > everything. I don't understand why windows in GNOME have such a thick > top bar. The Windows GUI in compariso

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-03 Thread Roger Heflin
What Tim says. Check to make sure your resolution is right and check to make sure the screen scaling is right. I have had both not always work as expected on my 4k monitor. It almost seems as if the assumption is that 4k is running on a small screen(17" laptop maybe) so scaling needs to be 200%

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-02 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2023-04-03 at 00:00 -0400, Ranbir wrote: > I have a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Fedora 37. I don't boot > into Windows nearly as much as I do Fedora. But, when I do, I'm always > struck by how much more I seem to be able to fit on my 3440x1440 > display in Windows than I can in GNO

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-02 Thread Edward G. O'Connor Jr.
From: Ranbir To: Community support for Fedora users Reply-To: Community support for Fedora users Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 04:00:19AM GMT+00:00 Subject:GNOME interface is too bulky On Fri, 2023-03-31 at

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-04-02 Thread Ranbir
On Fri, 2023-03-31 at 17:32 -0400, Roger Wells wrote: > > > > What part do you think is so big?  I find it's quite minimal. > > > > I think so as well. Interested to learn the concern I have a dual boot system with Windows 10 and Fedora 37. I don't boot into Windows nearly as much as I do Fedora.

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-03-31 Thread Roger Wells
On 3/31/23 16:34, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/31/23 11:47, Ranbir wrote: Is there a tweak in GNOME to shrink the GUI? It's huge! There's so much wasted space. It's eating up a ton of my screen real estate and driving me bananas. What part do you think is so big?  I find it's quite minimal. I th

Re: GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-03-31 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/31/23 11:47, Ranbir wrote: Is there a tweak in GNOME to shrink the GUI? It's huge! There's so much wasted space. It's eating up a ton of my screen real estate and driving me bananas. What part do you think is so big? I find it's quite minimal. _

GNOME interface is too bulky

2023-03-31 Thread Ranbir
Hello Everyone, Is there a tweak in GNOME to shrink the GUI? It's huge! There's so much wasted space. It's eating up a ton of my screen real estate and driving me bananas. I like GNOME otherwise, I've been using it for 15 years or something silly like that and I don't want to move to a different