After the latest upgrade, right-click functionality has been disabled, which is quite frustrating as it disrupts my desktop experience. This is the second time this issue has occurred. However, running the following command restores everything to normal:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method areas
I am curious, though, why do I need to run this command after the upgrade?
For now on, I keep my fingers crossed, hoping everything works fine after upgrade or change distro.
edit : Also the gnome calendar has to be set it again, since, after the last upgrade, signed out from all the accounts it was connected.
Manjaro as distribution does not change user settings - that is understood as files residing in the users $HOME
I am guessing - without resent knowledge of Gnome - even though - it is possible the update of Gnome triggers a rebuild of the system wide dconf registry and that update then reflects into the user dconf.
That would be Gnome standard behavior and would be the same no matter the distribution.
That is a normal feeling - and if you are uncomfortable the rolling release - you are free to do what ever you want.
You are the system - updates are not forced - they are voluntary.
You can implement your own mirror of Manjaro packages and thus keep your system at a certain level - possibly forever - if that is what you want.
Well, I am not sure that I am free, since, I decided to install manjaro I follow the updates the devs recommend. Sure, I am free to do what ever I want, since, I voluntarily decided to try manjaro and now that corrupts my system after upgrade I can decide to leave.
I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. The behavior of GNOME after an upgrade can indeed vary between distributions. While GNOME has a set of standard features and behaviors, how these are implemented and preserved during upgrades can differ significantly depending on the distribution.
That is your freedom exactly … So this is a rant - and not a support question ?
You may be correct - I have not been using Gnome desktop for years so - my knowledge is likely to be outdated.
Manjaro inherits the better part of Gnome from upstream - and Arch Linux is well regarded in the fact they does not modify upstream unless is is needed to package the binaries.
Our inhouse packager @Yochanan is much better qualified to comment on this - let us wait for an expert opinion when available.
With manjaro-gnome-settings 20240610-1 yesterday, that was reset to default. The setting is found in Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Touchpad > Clicking. The default is Two Finger Push (fingers), while it seems you prefer Corner Push (areas).
Can it be compared to manjaro-zsh-config where a package update will change any user’s zsh layout if they never changed it - that is - the user is using the system default?
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