[AvocadoSushi]

Googler here, opinions on my own. While nothing prevents us from switching desktop environments (many of us do so), basically anything outside the default GNOME/X11 configuration is not supported. (It used to be Cinnamon but we're switching away.)

Bluetooth accessories are not guaranteed to work. People struggle with screen configurations all the time. Nvidia driver updates are still a nightmare. I'm pretty sure there's no secret sauce.

[jszymborski]

I'm curious about the change from Cinnamon to GNOME. Are you aware of any particular reason why? I feel like attitudes towards GNOME haven't particularly changed over the year, but that just might be my bubble.

[netheril96]

They want to switch to Wayland eventually but Cinnamon doesn’t support Wayland.

[jszymborski]

Thanks!

[int_19h]

So even Google cannot truly do "Linux on the desktop" right?

[kristjansson]

That’s really nice to hear, actually.