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piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Editing the configuration file has got to be one of the most annoying things about Gnome, it's a bloody desktop, that means it's supposed to be user friendly and having to edit configuration files is not user friendly.
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He didn't have to edit any configuration file, he could've used gconftool or it's GUI equivalent gconf-editor. You don't usually have to modify gconf settings manually, unless some application developers were either too lazy or didn't want to over-populate preference windows with unnecessary/unfriendly options and expected any users interested in the setting to consult gconf anyhow. gconf is a bit like the Windows registry, except it's actually user-friendly, each setting with (probably optional, but every setting seems to have them) short and longer descriptions (image). Check it out, master it. It'll take you three and a half seconds.

I use GNOME, but don't mind KDE. Most of the programs I use are GTK+/GNOME, that's why I started using GNOME in the first place.

I used XFCE for a good long while before switching back to GNOME, and I wouldn't mind going back to XFCE at all.

File browsers... Haven't used one in ages. I'm far more productive on the command line.

Aloone_Jonez:
What do you click on to get this?

And Fuck does this look complex, it reminds me of regedit! :eek:

piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---What do you click on to get this?
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Applications > System Tools > Configuration Editor

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And Fuck does this look complex, it reminds me of regedit! :eek:
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Relax, it is like regedit in that it's for configuration, but not all configuration tools are nonsensical. Only the Windows one really.

H_TeXMeX_H:
I like GNOME ... I never had to edit any gconf ... ever ... as for nautilus the best interface is this:


--- Code: ---nautilus --no-desktop --browser
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WMD:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---And Fuck does this look complex, it reminds me of regedit! :eek:
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It's essentially the same idea.  But it's cleaner.  The only reason for that, though, is that it doesn't store that much compared to regedit.

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