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rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months agoGermany’s Sovereign Tech Fund giving €1m to the Gnome foundation
Why, in Germany of all countries they should have supported KDE. Granted, it’s already doing fine, but then Gnome’s problem is not with lack of money.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Probably because Gnome is used in more businesses and Gnome is pretty good at implementing accessibility features, which was one of the main conditions of the grant.
And it’s not a big deal, KDE is already getting a lot of support, and the work Gnome is doing is going to be an open, cross-desktop framework. It benefits KDE too.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
At the same time yes and … they are very unorthodox in their understanding of what makes things more accessible.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not making their DE yet another Windows clone does not mean it’s inaccessible.
I get it, you clearly have a personal issue with Gnome. Just don’t use it then. There’s no need to be upset about an amazing open source project getting support and improving the accessibility stack for the entire Linux desktop.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
I use FVWM with 2-pixel solid borders and no window titlebars or buttons or panels, except for one FvwmButtons instance with digital clock, all keyboard-controlled.
The issues with Gnome are that it’s resource-heavy and inconsistent in UX, and setting it up is PITA.
Cinnamon as its fork is much better.