Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : DustCouncil
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Jun 28 2022 06:03:23

  Re: Re: Old computer
  By: DustCouncil to boraxman on Tue Jun 28 2022 09:35 am

> Anyway this is a VERY long whine, but it is fun reading this discussion now as I am
in
> the middle of moving my daily driver to Linux.  I want to like Linux.  But it is
> slovenly on the desktop.  Some of it may be my distribution choice.  I don't know.

A problem with FOSS desktop environments is that many are attempting to be look-alikes
of mainstream platforms. That always fails because you are never going to be a better
Mac Desktop Environment than Mac Desktop Environment.

I have much more respect for things like the Calm Window Manager or DWM because they
are what they want to be. Bonus points because they waste less resources and are
actually faster to worth with once you learn them (which definitively takes time).

KDE can be made to open and execute programs upon doubble click rather than single
click by the way. IN fact I think such behaviour is so for many distributions which
ship KDE.

If I wanted to use something Windowsy or Macy I would run Windows or Mac, personally.
People who moves to Linux expecting to have a Windows-like experience seem so weird to
me.

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