I’m just screwing around with the OS, but I have to say, I’m a bit perplexed.

I wanted to install GIMP and LibreOffice, so I clicked on the AppCenter only to find out it couldn’t find either of them. Which is bizzarre, because I can install both using apt just fine. As it turns out, the AppCenter only has 51 curated applications, completely ignoring the abundance of programs already available in the Ubuntu repositories, making the AppCenter a bit useless.

Then there’s the desktop. I’m not entirely sure why I’m not allowed to have icons on it. macOS has desktop icons. As does Windows. Hell, almost every OS with a GUI does. Apparently, there’s something called Elementary Tweaks which lets you enable them, but why would anyone have to jump through hoops to enable this basic functionality?

I guess I just don’t understand who this OS is meant for.

  • pinknoise@lemmy.ml
    101·
    3 years ago

    I think elementary is meant for old seniors, young children, people with a masters in business administration and ex-apple cultists. Not serious users.

    • onlooker@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      3 years ago

      old seniors, young children, people with a masters in business administration and ex-apple cultists

      Are people with a masters in business administration not tech savvy?

      • pinknoise@lemmy.ml
        41·
        3 years ago

        The point was that they have the intellect and gullibility of a child. Also I didn’t want to bash elementary, I just wanted to say they don’t really target “power users”. (In case that was a bit unclear)