I made this post because I really like the design of GNOME, and although i’d like customizability, it is mostly enough for my everyday needs. But I want to understand why people may choose other desktop environments…or why you would/would’nt use GNOME.
I can never stick with gnome/gtk because it’s been impossible for me to get a consistent theme/look across my apps.
Newer gnome/gtk has its DPI jacked so that the title bar, buttons, etc. are far too huge for my desktop or laptop, with the only fix being to tinker with the theme config files. Older gnome apps don’t have this issue, but their themes are incompatible so good luck finding a matching theme pair. Non-GTK apps would get stuck with the newer title bar — I swear it would be >100px tall. And doesn’t gnome/gtk 4 have an even newer theme interface that’s incompatible with 2/3?
I’ve since moved to openbox and tiling managers; they actually bother to get this right.
There are plenty GTK themes like GNOME Professional or Qogir, that you can apply to GNOME, and you can change fractional scaling and fonts. This myth that finger sized GNOME title bars cannot be changed is dumb.