Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Apr 21 2022 23:25:59

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

Actually, depending on the Window Manager, it is far more than Window Dressing.  Some (such as the one I use, FVWM), have their own language, and you can script GUI actions.  You can get it to build menus on the fly, any type of menu you can think of representing anything you want, updated each time it is created.  You can do with the GUI what you can kind of do with a shell (ie, close all windows belonging to this group) or (close all windows on this page).  You can build basic graphical interfaces with it, or with a keypress, run a script which also opens, closes and moves windows.

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