Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Apr 20 2022 16:55:18

  Re: Re: Windows vs Linux
  By: tenser to claw on Thu Apr 21 2022 07:32 am

 > So aside from superficial customization of the user interface,
 > I'm not seeing what _most_ people are customizing.  Most people
 > are not hacking the kernel.  Most people aren't hacking the
 > services that start when the machine boots.  Most are just
 > playing around with userspace stuff, which is fine, but pretty
 > mellow.

I think the people who talks about customizing Linux wants to run a ports or
pseudo-ports distribution with a GNU userland.

When you talk about Linux, most people thinks of a Linux distribution with a
traditional GNU userland (or something that simulates it).

I think that distributions such as Gentoo, CRUX or KISS are were hardcore
customizers live since they allow to mess with deep components of the system.
For most end users, however, the ability to replace a Desktop environent by
another counts as heavy customization. Power users who make their own init
ramdisks with custom kernel modules may think this is naive, but for a regular
home users, being able to hotkey scripts with your filemanager is dope as heck
and the pinacle of modding.


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