Independent_Owl_7139@piefed.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-213 hours agoI am on mint MATE will installing this software make my computer gnomedmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down15
arrow-up133arrow-down1imageI am on mint MATE will installing this software make my computer gnomedmedia.piefed.socialIndependent_Owl_7139@piefed.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-213 hours agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareBlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours ago“Accidentally” install Gnome?
minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoIt’s a thing where the Gnome desktop is installed as a dependency and shows up on the next boot: https://www.reddit.com/r/gotgnomed
minus-squareBlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoThe entire gnome DE as a dependency? I have no idea. What kind of software is doing that aside from the gnome desktop anyway?
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoYep. It’s real, scores of noobs on the reddit subs sobbing about. I believe protonvpn install was the usual culprit. I won’t link to reddit but the /r/linuxmint sub has many posts https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=446923 https://lunduke.substack.com/p/yes-getting-gnomed-is-a-thing https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suxMvUuFDMw
“Accidentally” install Gnome?
It’s a thing where the Gnome desktop is installed as a dependency and shows up on the next boot: https://www.reddit.com/r/gotgnomed
The entire gnome DE as a dependency? I have no idea. What kind of software is doing that aside from the gnome desktop anyway?
Yep. It’s real, scores of noobs on the reddit subs sobbing about.
I believe protonvpn install was the usual culprit. I won’t link to reddit but the /r/linuxmint sub has many posts
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=446923
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/yes-getting-gnomed-is-a-thing
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suxMvUuFDMw