Subj : Re: OS/2
To   : BOB WORM
From : Elf
Date : Sat Nov 11 2023 14:40:00

 -=> Quoting Bob Worm to Elf <=-

 > 100% agree. We can thank mobile devices for the idiotic UI's of desktop
 > computers today. Ugh.

 BW> Yes, I remember being given a Windows mobile for work. An authentic
 BW> Windows experience, it spent the first afternoon applying patches
 BW> before I could even use it and would occasionally reboot just before a
 BW> key meeting to install updates as well... That had the "new", "modern"
 BW> tiled appearance. 
 BW> The next thing I know, Windows 8 is being rolled out and it looks
 BW> exactly like the phone. Supposedly it's all geared around being able
 BW> to use proper Windows on a touchscreen / tablet. Gross. 
 BW> I spent the next 6 months ignoring ever grumpier e-mails from IT
 BW> telling me I needed to be "upgraded" to Windows 8. Eventually I
 BW> managed to inherit a Mac from someone else who left the company and
 BW> then ultimately resigned myself. I've still not had to face the
 BW> prospect of working on any version above 7. 

I ran on Apple's ecosystem from 2004 to 2015. I had the iPhones and the
Macs. It was a fun time. Since 2015 I have been running on Linux for my
desktop. I have mostly stuck with the Ubuntu base. I started with XFCE
(Xubuntu) then moved to KDE (Kubuntu) then Q4OS (Debian + KDE 3.5x
Fork) but have ultimately settled on Linux Mint Cinnamon where I feel
most at home and where the little details are thought of - reminds me
how the Mac always paid attention to the little details. If there were
less little issues with Q4OS (using TDE or Trinity Desktop Environment,
aka a fork of KDE 3.5) I would have loved to have stuck with that one.
But, I found myself fixing too many things too many times. But what I
loved about it, is buttons were clearly buttons, borders around windows
clearly were visible, etc. I like having an interface I can see. :-)

Linux Mint Cinnamon does a pretty good job of being a desktop OS and not
trying to merge a desktop UI with a tablet or phone UI.

~Elf

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