Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 21:13:22

 te>  bo> Actually, depending on the Window Manager, it is far more than Window
 te>  bo> Dressing.  Some (such as the one I use, FVWM), have their own languag
 te>  bo> and you can script GUI actions.  You can get it to build menus on the
 te>  bo> fly, any type of menu you can think of representing anything you want
 te>  bo> updated each time it is created.  You can do with the GUI what you ca
 te>  bo> kind of do with a shell (ie, close all windows belonging to this grou
 te>  bo> or (close all windows on this page).  You can build basic graphical
 te>  bo> interfaces with it, or with a keypress, run a script which also opens
 te>  bo> closes and moves windows.
 te> 
 te> Yeah, I get it.  I used to use a window manager written in
 te> Common Lisp and you could do all that sort of thing.  However,
 te> that's just mucking with the user environment; it's fine, but
 te> not quite as deep as it is being made out to be, and can be
 te> done on many systems.  From that perspective, there's essentially
 te> no difference between any of the BSDs and Linux.

One must not go down a rabbit-hole and waste time messing around.  It is definitely a trap, just configuring for the sake of configuring and people do do that.  Configuring for visual effects can also be a time sink.

I try to be focused, I realise a potential workflow or configuration which would make my life easier and implement it.  I don't do much configuration in terms of looks, my desktop looks the same as it did 10 years ago, with a similar config (it looks very dated).  When I find myself doing a task repeately, I automate it, or if I need information, find a way to get to it easier.  The good thing is, because I choose stable programs, (emacs, fvwm, shell), once implemented, the solution lasts years and years.

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