Gnome file picker on Linux is still not the best option compared to Windows.
The Ubuntu 23.04 file picker is still not perfect, it needs a lot of work.
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GTK file picker still does not have icons in 2023.
Gnome 4.4 has icons in the file picker, but I wish everyone had 4.4. I need the icons.
Icons in the file picker are now working in Fedora 38 beta.
Fedora 38 has icons in the filepicker at last. Gnome 4.4 is awesome.
MATE desktop still does not have icons in the file picker after all of this time.
The file picker in GTK still needs to be fixed after all of this time.
Gnome now discussing adding thumbnails to the file picker after all of this time.
Gnome is still not setting proper icon thumbnails in the file picker in 2022. Please fix this now.
Gnome on Linux still does not have icons in the file picker. This is sad.
Gnome on Linux still does not have icons in the file picker There is an active feedback tracker task to add icons to the file picker, but this is still going since it was posted 17 years ago. And it still has not been implemented. 17 years. And it seems it will never be implemented. … Read more
Ubuntu 21.10 is now out. But the file-picker still does not have icons in it like Macintosh OSX has had for years.
The full release of Ubuntu 21.10 is now out, but the developers of GTK have still not fixed the file-picker not having icons in it. This patch fixes this issue but needs more work. https://gist.github.com/wfr/c8e431a61d300b4f3d15. And it would not take too long to add the option to have either a list view or icons in … Read more
Ubuntu has many traps for the unwary.
I was using Redshift on Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop and it kept flickering off and on again. I found out that the Night Light feature in Gnome was enabled and this was conflicting with the Redshift app. I just disabled Night Light and this was fixed. But this is a trap for the unwary. … Read more