Dude why would I use Gnome if I want to use my keyboard? A tiling wm is more customizable and lightweight and significantly more efficent. The point of a DE is to be easily accessible and convenient.
tiling wm requires time to set it up, most people aren’t gonna do that. also things like automounting and configuring screens without having to touch a config file is much appreciated. imagine using a laptop, going somewhere and you plug in a screen and for it to work nicely you have to touch a config file. not very convenient.
You need to setup say bspwm and dwm, sure, but i3 just works. Also if we are going to talk about most people, most people also aten’t going to deal with remembering keybindings. They will just want to click around, so Gnome is also inconvenient.
For clarification I’m not saying Gnome is objectively bad and you shouldn’t use it, however I personally feel like it falls short on some parts as a DE.
To be ussable Gnome requires time to set up too. Looks like Gnome is for some kind of tablet laptop hybrids. On a pc it is a pain to use out of the box.
I did not mean that you do literally everything with a keyboard.
What is quicker for opening an application? Going to the app overview finding the application and then clicking on it or quickly moving my hands to the keyboard (especially when using a laptop) and typing the application name + enter key?
A tiling WM renders my computer unusable for other people to use so it only is an option for a machine that only I will ever use.
Dude why would I use Gnome if I want to use my keyboard? A tiling wm is more customizable and lightweight and significantly more efficent. The point of a DE is to be easily accessible and convenient.
tiling wm requires time to set it up, most people aren’t gonna do that. also things like automounting and configuring screens without having to touch a config file is much appreciated. imagine using a laptop, going somewhere and you plug in a screen and for it to work nicely you have to touch a config file. not very convenient.
You need to setup say bspwm and dwm, sure, but i3 just works. Also if we are going to talk about most people, most people also aten’t going to deal with remembering keybindings. They will just want to click around, so Gnome is also inconvenient. For clarification I’m not saying Gnome is objectively bad and you shouldn’t use it, however I personally feel like it falls short on some parts as a DE.
To be ussable Gnome requires time to set up too. Looks like Gnome is for some kind of tablet laptop hybrids. On a pc it is a pain to use out of the box.
I did not mean that you do literally everything with a keyboard.
What is quicker for opening an application? Going to the app overview finding the application and then clicking on it or quickly moving my hands to the keyboard (especially when using a laptop) and typing the application name + enter key?
A tiling WM renders my computer unusable for other people to use so it only is an option for a machine that only I will ever use.
Fair point