Finally found my home

Posted by birchhead@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 5 comments

My earliest Linux distro was slack back in the 90s. Been working as a Linux sysadmin with Debian and RedHat distros since the 00’s. Mainly rpm based distros in the last decade.

For my personal laptop I have not been 100% happy with my DE environment since Gnome 2 replacement with Gnome 3. I have tried many alternatives and have been satisfied with gnome 3 and dash to panel extension up to now.

Been running Fedora 43 with the Cosmic DE since its release and have been so satisfied, it feels like a 10+ year wait for this combo.

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Organic-Algae-9438@reddit

If you liked Gnome 2, have a look at the MATE desktop environment too. It will feel very familiar.

undrwater@reddit

Why not slack now?

birchhead@reddit (OP)

No native Gnome support to be honest

Honest question; what is "native support" in a distro like slack? I always thought it was a "make it what you want" distro.