 So, hi everyone. Today I wanted to try out GNOME 40 and of course what made me want to try this is this beauty and I really have to say that the design is stunning. I love it But another feature that I was really impressed by just even by installing the system are these gestures because it's really easy like in KD Plasma on Wayland to implement like a Adjustor that it's recognized and when it's recognized you just do the whole animation, but actually implementing Adjustor that you can do a bit and then go back stuff like that. It's really impressive It is flawless. Almost there are a couple of bugs But I expect them to be fixed soon in GNOME 40 I've seen that they are coming in elementary OS too And it really does seem like Plasma will be the only major desktop lacking in them Which is a bit of a pity, but it's mostly because if they are very difficult to implement Anyway, let's get back to GNOME. I also wanted to give a look to some of their applications as an example files and Again, I think that the design is really on spot I really like the application. We have the header bar, which is draggable from anywhere So I don't think it creates usability issues You have the sidebar and the content without any You know information you don't actually need and then you have the most important buttons here like New windows and stuff. I really like the design. I think it's very clean and very practical Of course, I do like Dolphin that puts like the new tab button right in front of me So I can do this but it's a bit of a personal preference and I still like both of them and then there's also the application grid which you actually can Scroll with two fingers and I think that I'm not 100% sold on the design Of the grid. It's a bit weird to see your desktops appear and then just a gray wallpaper but it's a bit of a teeny Complaint that I have mostly the design a bit of bugs, but yeah Mostly the design is absolutely beautiful. And by the way, I Think this is the Fedora wallpaper and I love it. I love this wallpaper. It's super good Anyway, let me also see the calendar application as an example starts up Maximite and I really want to add as an example a new task. So let's Named event as an example and I really like that these Sections are used very consistently throughout GNOME application just to do an example if I also take like the settings up I've seen before because I had to change the layout that you also have them here and Pretty much in all of the settings pages and they are work consistent You also have them in many applications like the clock If you go if I go to the stopwatch and then the collapse I can see this design Which is the same as this is the design and it's really good like They are doing stuff very consistently. We also have these cards, which are super pretty that we can also see when we search for stuff and I really like the idea of searching applications and then inside this application a bit like Kerana, but It's more clear that you have the settings here. You have the characters here and the clock stuff So whereas in Kerana, it's a bit more confused. So maybe it would help us to Actually create these cards to put the stuff in and then what else we have If I get back to the settings one second one other thing I noticed is I am a bit sad by the lack of the feature for Changing the color scheme. I did not found any colors are not Dark theme or stuff like that. I know that there are like GNOME tweaks application for that sort of stuff, but For basic stuff just like turning into a dark theme I kind of expect it to be in settings, but I do understand the philosophy that's behind GNOME and I really have to say that it piss off when you actually try to use the settings because They are very clean and simple to use Whereas I let me tell the system settings for KDE are often a bit difficult to use Even though they were redesigned many times to be as easy as possible But of course if you have so many options here, we also have our big system settings and In GNOME, it's like really simple and it's really just about settings And I don't expect the average user to open this much Probably sticking to the system tray and that's pretty much it which makes sense. It's a bit different for From KDE, but I respect that then for another random application. We have I don't know maps and This is Italy I'm from Italy it bothers me that the Scroll wheel is inverted but I can get used to that and then another thing that I've I've tried is Is the gestures and I've seen that I can actually trigger the same animations using three fingers on a Touch screen device if you have a touch screen you can use three fingers to switch between virtual desktops and then to see the overview, which is very nice. You can also open the grid of apps and Even create folders and stuff only using the touch screen, which is super cool Then what else? There are there's also a rhythm box and I'm a bit sad to see the consistency of GNOME fall a bit here. You don't have any longer the Buttons in the touch bar and these buttons do not feel quite like the others application So I know there is another music player by GNOME, but this is the one that I've tried What else am I missing here? I There is the software application, but for some now it's working. Okay. It wasn't working before and You have stuff and I actually want to try out to see if there is dolphin in here just to see if How does it look like a lot of effort in plasma is also to make GTK application look native and I'm wondering if there's the same effort in GNOME to make cute application look nice on the desktop And yeah, anyway, there's also a Tour application, let me open this and then switch to a new desktop This is very efficient. I like it and We can see that it explains to us the overview Which is this one the pretty one Yeah, there are definitely some bugs about the gestures, but I think it's very Minor stuff that will be fixed soon It tells me that I can actually create my own folders and stuff, which is pretty useful. I've just tried it and then It explains me what work spaces are I'll just call them virtual desktops because that's what I'm used to and Then the gestures. Yeah three fingers both in the touchpad and in the touch screen. So that's very good And then left and right for work spaces. Yeah, it's whoops Yeah, okay, it's ready. Let's get back to the Dolphin let's launch it and see how does it look And it looks Well, let's say it could be better because if you take the sorry How many apps did I open up? If you take like GNOME settings and then this one, you have these icons which are absolutely out of place and then This home button is in the wrong spot and there is even a missing icon here The tabs are screwed up. Okay. Maybe is this bar oxygen? That's very bad Okay, overall, it's not a good experience I'll say I Would not use dolphin ignore and that's a bit sad to see because as far as the Linux desktop thing goes, I think that we should make sure to That application are like Possible to use even if they're not made by the same like desktop environment or stuff like that because at the end We're just like Linux and we should be Together in trying to fight against the proprietary stuff, you know, that sort of stuff So I'd like to see a bit more of that From that side. So what else I was looking into the utilities I see many interesting stuff. Let's go with the screenshot. Oh I like it. I actually think that I've used this screenshot application in plasm as well one time when Our screenshot application broke. It's very simple, but very clear as well It even makes a sound as if you've taken a photograph, I like it Then what else what do you have in the it could remember that I'm looking at this application and not open the first page over time maybe that could be an improvement and I could Problem reporting that's interesting My system, okay, what if I try to create a new one, can I I Don't think I can Maybe it's How does this work? Well, it's not something that's very clear Never mind. Let's go on with it. What else do we have here? Tax editor, this is G edit, right? And something I really liked of it is that compared to like Kate We actually have like just our support if you have a touch screen Which is amazing. I do have a touch screen and being able to just select text so flawlessly Is amazing and I can also long press to get the actions. So strong Plus one from that side and I really also like the sidebar. How do I show the sidebar? Yeah, I Like it. I try to edit many documents like at the same time. Oops Yes And this is very efficient Kate has a very similar concept a bit more plugins, but I think that this is already very much to what you need and What else do you have in that? Now I don't think I'm going to save that And we have the videos which I did not manage to use much I think I've just done a test to see if it was working and The design looks pretty good It's consistent with the rest of you know and GNOME so And I mean it's a video application. So channels. What's that? This is very interesting Can I watch right from here? Let's go with politics This is very interesting Can I actually see this? No, I can't Let's try to install them This would be super cool like being able to watch. I Don't know San Remo or stuff like that from the video player It would be a big plus one for me Yeah, this is my prime minister. So it works. This is very impressive. Like I love this I might use this application just to And it's impressive that it just start working as soon as I downloaded the plug-in. So wow What else do we have what I found the Guardian? this Cinema comedians what comedians do we have? The channel it is set to interesting So yeah a bit of Italian television for y'all But let's get back to some other application. I really want to see a bunch of them to make To get an idea of how it does this work. So let's try with the PDF reader Which of course Requires a PDF which I don't have so let's open up Firefox and try to download a new one and The fire at Fox look by the way is really nice consistent. So I like that. Let's go with I Don't know test PDF. I'm pretty sure I will be Yes Let's save it somewhere downloads. That's fine Done and let's open it up Perfect So I can see the PDF. There's an edit button Which allows me not much it seems I can oh that's That's not very pretty this could be a bit better But to be fair the ocular Floating not widget is Just as bad. So yeah, and then I can also highlight text, but I cannot draw Which is a bit of a pity like if you have a touch screen being able to draw on a PDF is a killer feature But you can just install external plus plus to do that Present as a slideshow Interesting, I guess it's useful What else do you have? Do you want pages? Yeah, make sense It's also very nice to see like you have only one Settings page and you can just click on the option you want and it's done Whereas ocular has a bit more options, but you have to find the right one I remember that I struggled a bit to find this dual option on ocular, which is the caddy Settings and then we have the image viewer And I need to find an image though. Do I have an image anywhere? Nothing Okay, let's get back to whoops Let's get back to Firefox and download an image Let's go with that image to be consistent Yeah, I love these test images now not this one this one was great Let me pick that one Yes, this one I still I'm still not used to like doing right-click using two fingers, but yeah Downloads yes I can get back here and then open images Download the image nice and Touch screen works really well. I'm very impressed I love it. Can I actually rotate? Yes, I can even rotate the images using two fingers. That's very good and Even the touchpad gestures are really great Can I also read it? Yes, I can rotate the image using touchpad like this is very impressive Good job on that This is totally something you cannot do in Gwenview Set as well no, no, I didn't actually want to do it. It was just to see no Yes two fingers two fingers change background get me back to normal background things Picture and then I think we're almost done There is I Think we're done the system monitor. Let's give it a look It's a bit like the old KECs The new one system monitor of plasma. It's like super pretty, but Yeah, it's not very important to have a super pretty system monitor, so doesn't matter and I didn't finish off the tour and let's close Firefox and I really have to say that I'm super impressed by the quality of like the animations and the design it's really a spot. I love it and and Oh, you even have like this no distraction freeform floating Very nice. I love it the gestures are great and In general, I think GNOME 40 is a great product if I Ask myself would I personally use this one? I Would like it's very good I Think that yes, there are a couple of bugs in like the gestures and stuff, but this is not this is like I think a preview Image so it makes sense So it's a big big thumbs up for me regarding GNOME 40 great job. Well done