EDIT: As it turns out this is just how gnome is supposed to look and to get a permanently visible dock showing running apps and favorites I must install an extension like dash-to-dock

Thanks everyone to help me understand I was the problem here 🙂

After using Ubuntu for years I thought it would be a good idea to try out plain old Debian for the first time.

So I downloaded the live-Image setup a VirtualBox and started installing it… installation ran trough without any problems. But I don’t see any panel/taskbar anywhere.

I tried to google this and best guess was that gonme-panel was not installed (how?) after installation I tried to run it by the terminal but it only trows an error “(gnome-panel:3427): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 20:24:58.712: invalid cast from ‘GdkWaylandDisplay’ to ‘GdkX11Display’”. So before I start digging into this I just wanted to confirm that I am on the right track and not just mixing stuff up. So does anyone have an idea what went wrong here?

    • Feyter@programming.devOP
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      1 year ago

      Honestly after using it for a while now it’s not that bad at all :) And you can install a dock / taskbar so I have all I needed

  • levmyskin@feddit.it
    2·
    1 year ago

    Debian ships with vanilla Gnome. This means that what you’re seeing is exactly what you’re expected to see. If you want the typical “ubuntu-like” (or mac-os like) dock, you should install the dash-to-dock extension

      • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I think the safer generalization to make is that the Gnome 3 project leaders prefer it that way.

        Debian just doesn’t tweak it, likely in favor of increased stability.