> It works just fine on Fedora 31.  Just Start Typing!

The last version of Fedora that I tried was 29, I think.  After a fresh
install, I launched gnome-software, and it was unable to find any
applications.  I eventually found a workaround (I forget what it was),
and got applications to show up, but even then there were problems.
Some applications showed up twice, and some showed up as installable
even though they were already installed.  I'm glad to hear that the
first bug is fixed now, at least on Fedora.  Are those other two bugs
fixed as well?

> Marketing is a powerful thing.  We need more of it for free/libre
> software.  A nice, shiny GNOME desktop entices users and gets them
> thinking about free software.  A foreign, technical-looking i3 rice
> makes people reassert that GNU+Linux is not for them, it's for nerds.

I 100% agree.  I'm not complaining about GNOME in general, just
gnome-software.  I don't mind that gnome-software is shiny.  I mind that
it is unreliable, has an unnecessarily complicated UI, and adopts the
framing of proprietary app stores.

That last complaint is not because I don't think we should try to
"market" free software, but because I think we should do so in a way
that speaks to its social advantages and with a framing that reinforces
free software values and a culture of sharing.  Referring to browsing
and installing software from a free software repository as "shopping"
reinforces the idea that information like software should be thought of
and treated as physical property, a framing which benefits proprietary
software.  I think we should try to make our repositories easy to
navigate, but that this does not require us to pretend that users are
"shopping" for anything.  We should present our repositories as an
accessible commons, reinforcing the idea that information should be
shared rather than hoarded, a framing which benefits free software.

> Video:  Why I don’t Use GNOME but Everyone Else Should, a keynote by
> Bradley M. Kuhn at GUADEC 2016
> 
> https://invidio.us/watch?v=eTIH-vgJTsw

Thanks, I'll watch this later.  Based on the title I have a feeling I'll
mostly agree, although I would say that based on my experience we should
favor GNOME as a DE to recommend to younger users, especially younger
macOS users, while favoring more traditional environments like MATE and
Xfce for older users, especially older Windows users, who I find are
often confused by and/or annoyed with GNOME's UI.

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