Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 03:01:03

On 21 Apr 2022 at 11:34p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo> Apple didn't just add their user interface, the system is locked so you
 bo> can ONLY use their interface.

Hmm.  I can start an X11 server in full-screen mode under
macOS and run whatever window manager I want in it.

 bo> If you got a machine pre-installed with
 bo> Linux, as you would with Windows, it is good enough for mainstream use. 
 bo> My concern is the Linux community wanting to shut out options, incase
 bo> users get confused.  Changes to the underyling system which may make it
 bo> harder for people to build their own UI's, or make existing choices
 bo> obsolete, or incompatible.

That's really up to distros; generally speaking the kernel
developers don't care.

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