Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : acn
Date : Thu Apr 21 2022 16:36:00

Am 21.04.22 schrieb tenser@21:1/101 in FSX_GEN:

Hallo tenser,

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

Yes, but even 'only that' is something that's not possible anymore on  
other systems.
Win11 won't let you move the taskbar or show seconds in the clock.
On MacOS, also many customizations are not possible that were simple  
to achieve 10-15 years ago.
(And even on Linux, the GNOME folks forbid many many customizations  
and made Gtk themes go away almost completely)

I was one of the folks who compiled my own kernel many years ago and  
who used Gentoo for some time.
But as I grew older (not neccessarily wiser...), I wanted the base of  
my system to work, so I can concentrate on configuring the Look and  
Feel of my system - that's why I'm using KDE (on KDE Neon).

But I still do want to control what services are running, eg. have  
control over printers (oh what a mess CUPS today is...) and things  
like that.

Regards,
Anna

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