On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 10:03 AM DdB <debianl...@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de> wrote: > > while being on old-old-stable still (buster) and preparing for an > upgrade to bookworm, i noticed, that GNOME once again lost compatibility > to my preferred extensions, giving me a hard choice to either go on with > my outdated system as long as possible, or find a replacement and change > my ways of working. > > What i did like with GNOME was the ease of use for a handicapped person > (like me). But i disliked the overwhelming intrusion into the os, that > suppresses many choices and freedom. > > But as i am still feeling like a noob, i would like to collect some > suggestions and comments from you guys: > Eventually there is an alternative to the so called > "quick-toggler-extension", that i used/exploited to generate a kind of > personal menu, easily configured in one go with a json config file, an > alternative on another desktop? > > And the other miss is the "Windows-corner-preview-extension", that is no > longer maintained or functional, that i was using all over the place for > many different use cases and purposes. That one also suffers from > changes inside GNOME, that basically kill volunteers work (repeatedly!) > > Now is the time to plan ahead for years to come and i don't know, what i > should do.
It looks like you have at least ten choices of desktop environments: <https://wiki.debian.org/DesktopEnvironment>. I don't know if your extensions are compatible with any of them. MATE provides an experience similar to GNOME 2. Jeff
