Independent_Owl_7139@piefed.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agoI am on mint MATE will installing this software make my computer gnomedmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down15
arrow-up159arrow-down1imageI am on mint MATE will installing this software make my computer gnomedmedia.piefed.socialIndependent_Owl_7139@piefed.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoAre you asking if installing them will add the Gnome desktop environment?
minus-squareIndependent_Owl_7139@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 day agoYes, i’ve seen on Reddit that people accidently do this, and I don’t want to be one of those people :)
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoIn that case, no. Like the other responder said, those are just some dependency packages. Lots of software uses packages made by Gnome. These are simply dependencies for other software you’re installing.
minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day 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-up3·1 day 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-squareHarmonics041@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoIt was gnome-shell extensions pulling in gnome desktop which kinda makes sense.
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·21 hours 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
Are you asking if installing them will add the Gnome desktop environment?
Yes, i’ve seen on Reddit that people accidently do this, and I don’t want to be one of those people :)
In that case, no. Like the other responder said, those are just some dependency packages.
Lots of software uses packages made by Gnome. These are simply dependencies for other software you’re installing.
“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?
It was gnome-shell extensions pulling in gnome desktop which kinda makes sense.
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