Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Sat Apr 23 2022 03:19:36

On 22 Apr 2022 at 09:13p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo>  te> Yeah, I get it.  I used to use a window manager written in
 bo>  te> Common Lisp and you could do all that sort of thing.  However,
 bo>  te> that's just mucking with the user environment; it's fine, but
 bo>  te> not quite as deep as it is being made out to be, and can be
 bo>  te> done on many systems.  From that perspective, there's essentially
 bo>  te> no difference between any of the BSDs and Linux.
 bo> 
 bo> One must not go down a rabbit-hole and waste time messing around.  It is
 bo> definitely a trap, just configuring for the sake of configuring and
 bo> people do do that.  Configuring for visual effects can also be a time
 bo> sink.

That seems to be exactly what you're arguing for.  I have yet
to hear anything that you can't do on another system.

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

Seems like what many engineers and scientists do with Windows,
or even the Mac.

We build systems at my job, and I work with a lot of electrical
engineers.  They require CAD packages (OrCAD, Altium) that don't
run on pretty much anything except Windows and are garbage under
emulation.  They've got similar setups to what you describe that
they've been carting around for years.

What's the difference?

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