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You provided absolutely no context to go with what was quoted. You replied suggesting a specific window manager (a single component within a desktop environmen
by subway 9y ago
You provided absolutely no context to go with what was quoted.
You replied suggesting a specific window manager (a single component within a desktop environment) to a post lamenting the rough edges in popular modern DEs. You made no indication that your recommended replacement offers no way to hot plug a monitor, connect to the internet, or even launch an arbitrary application without installing and potentially configuring additional packages. These are very basic features folks have come to expect in a DE.
Making this sort of recommendation is throwing the user headfirst into a painful situation likely to give them an extremely negative impression of i3.
- willtim 9y ago> You provided absolutely no context to go with what was quoted Not explicitly, but I never said configuring or using i3 was simple. It is a very valid point, but is does not refute the fact that i3 is itself simple. > You made no indication that your recommended replacement offers no way to hot plug a monitor, connect to the internet, or even launch an arbitrary application I should have written more originally yes, but I have since given my recommendations for these. So why bring it up again? > Making this sort of recommendation is throwing the user headfirst into a painful situation likely to give them an extremely negative impression of i3. This is Hackernews and I was replying to knowledgeable posters. I think it is safe to assume they will look into it first without getting into a "painful situation". Although you do raise some good points, I feel it is your posts that have given an overly negative impression of i3.