Installing extensions is not customisability. It is code patching on the fly and it breaks when the desktop gets upgraded.
Not good enough.
> Gnome works fine through in a VM
Again you translate "does not do something well" into "it does not work". Yes it can run in a VM. It doesn't do it very well and it only does it if the VM is powerful on a fast host.
Just a few years ago it did not work.
> EDIT: I just read the article. You are complaining about enabling a bloody checkbox.
You didn't understand it, then. It is really about what settings to enable and what extensions you must install.
> I guarantee you people aren't using these 1GB models as desktops.
Then you're wrong. I did myself not long ago. Most of the world is poor, most of the world doesn't have high-end tech.
> I was quite obviously talking about HiDPI support. You didn't read what I said.
I read it. I replied. I don't care.
The GNOME developers destroyed an industry standard user interface -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access -- which I am willing to bet you've never heard of and don't know how to use -- just to avoid getting sued by Microsoft 20Y ago.
A bunch of entitled kids who don't know how to use a computer with keyboard alone and who don't give a fsck about the needs of disabled and visually impaired people ripped out menu bars and a tonne more to make their toy desktop, but they threw in features to amuse audiophiles and people with fancy monitors, and you don't understand why I am pissed off.
You ripped out my computer's UI and replaced it with a toy so you could have higher refresh rates and shinier games.
> It is baffling
It's only baffling because never heard before from anyone inconvenienced by it and never thought before of other people's needs and use cases -- which is GNOME all over.
> It is exactly what you described.
No it is not.
Tell me what extensions will put the GNOME favourites bar on the left of the left screen and a vertical virtual desktop switcher on the right of the right screen.
You didn't understand my blog post about GUI acceleration in VMs, and you don't understand my comments either.
I have used every single version of GNOME released since 2.0 and I know my way round it pretty well -- same as I am atheist and know the Bible better than all but about 3 so-called christians I've met in 6 decades. Know your enemy.
I have been getting hatred and personal abuse from the GNOME team and GNOME fans, every time I ever criticise it, for over a decade now. It is the single most toxic community I know in Linux.