I’m very impressed with the speed of Fedora-35Beta/Gnome-41. My desktop with only 3.4GB of RAM struggled with Ubuntu (a couple of years ago) and is fine on Fedora-34, but my impression is that with 35 the desktop is faster.
Gnome seems to have it just right now. Even the way workspaces are dealt with is clever. The hot-corner that kept catching me out can be switched off with Settings > Multitasking > Hot Corner.
I’d like to keep the Dash onscreen because it saves me one click, but that’s just personal taste (laziness?).
@computersavvy I use that sometimes, but it’s an extra keypress. Maybe installing Plank would work, provided it doesn’t spoil the rest of the interface.
I got distracted by the options for Downloads and Homepage and didn’t see the obvious On/Off switch. There are at least four available:
dash-to-plank - not available for Wayland.
floating dock (fmoreira) - not available for Gnome-41.
dash-to-dock - not available for Gnome-41.
Floating dock (sun_wang) - Looks promising, I’ve installed it and will see how it goes. Thanks!
I’ve tried loads of distributions and stuck with Ubuntu Budgie for a few years as it was quick and attractive and importantly had rapid and un-patronising support. I abandoned it for Fedora-34 temporarily after two successive versions where the installer had a bug (that’s scary!). Fedora has an interface which is as modern as Ubuntu-vanilla and as fast as Ubuntu-Budgie.
Hard luck - you’re stuck with me now as I really like Fedora!