On 1/10/22 22:10, Tim via users wrote:
On Mon, 2022-01-10 at 14:07 -0800, Samuel Sieb wrote:
Gnome really isn't intended for those systems anyway. Gnome-shell requires a reasonable 3d-capable video card to run well. I have a bunch of old P4 computers in a school for students to use. I set them up with Mate which works great there.
I find this just crazy. Why should just the desktop interface require a beefy graphics card? I use Mate because of that silliness.
To prepare for apps that need beefy graphics cards. If the apps potentially are going to need it, use it also.
If I was doing fancy graphics in the programs that I use, then I'd consider spending an outrageous amount of money on the graphics card. But not just for the sake of the desktop interface.
So you go to a UI that is built on the assumption that there will be no beefy graphics apps. That is why I realized I did not need where Gnome was heading. I do not do heavy graphics like my oldest son that is a mechanical engineer and has to use all those beefy 3D tools practically all the time he is at his system.