Hi,

I used to be a big fan of GNOME the way it got out of my way when I didn’t need it and no icons in the bottom to take up desktop space. But the top bar just seems so… useless. It holds a few useful icons in the right side (and you can get extensions to add more) but other than this, it’s just taking up space. After a trip past Xfce I’m now on KDE with the bar in the top.

Have I missed anything about the top bar in GNOME Desktop?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    10·
    10 hours ago

    The top bar shows you:

    1. Date and time
    2. What workspace you’re in
    3. What apps you’re actively running
    4. Internet connection
    5. If Caffeine is running

    These are all important information to have at a glance, in my opinion. If you don’t think so, you can remove it. Simple as.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      These are all important information to have at a glance, in my opinion. If you don’t think so, you can remove it. Simple as.

      it would be better if you could autohide it. especially for low res screens like mine.