ArcMenu VS inter

It's the elementary layout of ArcMenu - https://gitlab.com/arcmenu/ArcMenu

I know how you feel about kde. Gnome is definitely more robust in that way. Gnome can be customized quite a bit via extensions and themes. Arc menu is the first that comes to my mind that makes it look like cinnamon/windows. For some reason there isn't much picturez but it has many different layouts for start menu https://gitlab.com/arcmenu/ArcMenu

There still isn't an application menu. In my opinion this is a great tool to introduce new users to what's available, as well as a reminder for seasoned users. An easy solution would have been to integrate the awesome Arc Menu. I know, I know "You can just install it yourself" but sometimes Gnome shell extensions break, right? If it was integrated into Ubuntu 22.04, not so much.

I'm running Arch Linux with GNOME on Wayland. It's mostly perfect for me out-of-the-box, however I have customized it to my liking with the help of a few extensions:

- ArcMenu: https://gitlab.com/arcmenu/ArcMenu

With that said: I am myself into unix ricing (i.e., the art of creating customization and visual improvements to one's desktop). I find it interesting to challenge my way of working, how to efficiently and elegantly find applications and options. This opens my thinking to new ways of interaction with my machine. If you seek inspiration in this domain, you should visit /r/unixporn. I would also recommend looking at something like ArcMenu who provides several Start Menu options.

there's a couple of unmaintained arc menu projects but this is the current one that is still getting updates https://gitlab.com/arcmenu/ArcMenu

I'm trying to build ArcMenu from source using their guide. I chose the default master branch. When I run 'make install' (also tried 'make' and 'make -f Makefile'), I get the following error:

I wonder if the Recommended section in the new like Elementary OS inspired Start Menu has an option to be turned off ? Off course i don't expect the level of customization i get from ArcMenu but common sense options should be available.

I couldn't agree more. I've been using it as my go-to font for web development (which is its exact design purpose) for years. Nothing looks bad in Inter[0]. It's an easy win.

The best features for web dev are great readability across its variety of weights (0-900 in CSS) from a single font file, along with a huge set of glyphs, ligatures, special numbers, etc. if you want them.

[0] https://rsms.me/inter/

Yeah no... macOS doesn't have a font that looks uncomfortably tall like that. Use Inter at 9pt font size if you really want the macOS look.

Now you also need to download and install 'Inter' font. Go here: https://rsms.me/inter/ And download it, install it. We will use it later.

It’d be nice if something like Inter[0], which is specifically designed for onscreen/UI usage, were bundled with each OS and could be assumed to be present, making it unnecessary to include Arial or Helvetica in one’s stack.

[0]: https://rsms.me/inter/

If you are really trying to mimic macOS then you should try Inter. Current version is 3.19 but the much improved version 4.0 is coming out very soon (you can download the latest beta here). This font is pretty much an open-source alternative to Apple's SF fonts and they render at the correct size on all platforms. With a little tweaking of the font rendering, you can make it look almost identical to macOS.