And at the same time they often introduce major under the hood changes that break stuff developed for the old version. It makes stability very vague here but “stable” distros don’t update the DE so I guess they can fix stuff before releasing a new version.
Extensions that don’t come from GNOME are not supported at all, they’ve made that clear. If they wanted to, they could just stop allowing third party extensions altogether.
This is because they hook directly into GNOME Shell’s’ internal JS, which changes every release as they refactor it for performance or feature changes. Developers have a few months before release to adjust their extensions for the newer version.
Personally, I just raw dog vanilla GNOME for stability, and it works fine.
Gnome takes a while to make changes. It is a blessing and a curse. They focus very heavily on stability and a consistent UI that isn’t confusing.
And at the same time they often introduce major under the hood changes that break stuff developed for the old version. It makes stability very vague here but “stable” distros don’t update the DE so I guess they can fix stuff before releasing a new version.
You’re talking about extensions.
Extensions that don’t come from GNOME are not supported at all, they’ve made that clear. If they wanted to, they could just stop allowing third party extensions altogether.
This is because they hook directly into GNOME Shell’s’ internal JS, which changes every release as they refactor it for performance or feature changes. Developers have a few months before release to adjust their extensions for the newer version.
Personally, I just raw dog vanilla GNOME for stability, and it works fine.
Not just about extensions but also GTK4 randomly deprecating features in minor updates and icon pack issues.
I personally love it, I use Linux for work and I need it to be concise, consistent and stable.