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>I also eventually got bored Not really sure what you mean here, I choose a particular WM setup which best serves my workflow, and that's pretty much it, it's

by gribbly 10y ago

>I also eventually got bored Not really sure what you mean here, I choose a particular WM setup which best serves my workflow, and that's pretty much it, it's not as if you have to continously tweak your setup. >This is yet another reason why GNU/Linux lost the desktop Can't really see how it 'lost' the desktop, it never had it, nor was it ever in the runnning to claim it, same goes for OSX despite having a ton of product placement, straight up advertising and riding the huge wave of pro-Apple consumerism in the mobile space. In short, I don't believe for a second that standardising on a particular UI would have made any difference in 'drawing the masses', if super wealthy Apple at it's prime couldn't, then neither would Linux.

pjmlp 10y ago
I imagine you are not old enough to remember the yearly "The year of desktop Linux" on Slashdot. Also in the old days it was fashionable to try all WM and post screenshots of our setups, specially on weekends. There were quite a few web sites to share themes even.
- gribbly 10y ago
  >I imagine you are not old enough to remember the yearly "The year of desktop Linux" on Slashdot. Sure I am, but that meme was (still is?) repeated as a joke, did anyone actually believe it ? >Also in the old days it was fashionable to try all WM and post screenshots of our setups, specially on weekends. People still do that, there's a reddit sub dedicated to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn ,but then again there's a reddit sub dedicated to just about everything. Just like there are stamp collectors, train spotters, rock climbers, ballroom dancers etc, there are people who find enjoyment in tweaking/expressing themselves through 'pimping' their computer environment, I see nothing wrong with that although it's not my cup of tea. After having configured my environment of choice according to my specific needs I leave it alone and instead waste my spare time on places like Hacker News ;)

by gribbly 10y ago

pjmlp 10y ago

I imagine you are not old enough to remember the yearly "The year of desktop Linux" on Slashdot. Also in the old days it was fashionable to try all WM and post screenshots of our setups, specially on weekends. There were quite a few web sites to share themes even.

gribbly 10y ago
>I imagine you are not old enough to remember the yearly "The year of desktop Linux" on Slashdot. Sure I am, but that meme was (still is?) repeated as a joke, did anyone actually believe it ? >Also in the old days it was fashionable to try all WM and post screenshots of our setups, specially on weekends. People still do that, there's a reddit sub dedicated to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn ,but then again there's a reddit sub dedicated to just about everything. Just like there are stamp collectors, train spotters, rock climbers, ballroom dancers etc, there are people who find enjoyment in tweaking/expressing themselves through 'pimping' their computer environment, I see nothing wrong with that although it's not my cup of tea. After having configured my environment of choice according to my specific needs I leave it alone and instead waste my spare time on places like Hacker News ;)