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I have yet to see a modern GUI that didn't put pretty little animations a higher priority than being modular and configurable and having as much or as little da

I have yet to see a modern GUI that didn't put pretty little animations a higher priority than being modular and configurable and having as much or as little data density as I desire. Command lines, on the other hand, do it natively if not intuitively.

organsnyder 8y ago
Have you seen GKrellM? http://gkrellm.srcbox.net/ http://gkrellm.srcbox.net/
- MisterTea 8y ago
  Their example demonstrates how cluttered the GUI is. I suppose you could change skins to something less gaudy but I bet that winds up looking like a terminal application.
  - oever 8y ago
    You can set the width to be larger. I have it at 1000px. That makes a for a nice, light and informative status window.
monkeynotes 8y ago
My point was that at some point adding more desktop-like functionality to Terminal you essentially create a GUI. I could argue that OSX / Ubuntu are modular and configurable and easily allow you to control data density too. Ultimately it's obviously whatever tool makes you most productive. My comment was more of a flippant observation of the nature of human endeavour.
- inetknght 8y ago
  In my experience, OSX is not modular and configurable out-of-the-box. You need to install plugins. Ubuntu is the red-headed stepchild of Linux which wants to be Windows. I use it at work. I hate it. I'd rather use Fedora.
  - reitanqild 8y ago
    > Ubuntu is the red-headed stepchild of Linux which wants to be Windows. Eh. It wants to be Mac: - broken alt-tab? Check - menu bar on top? Check - dock? Check - window controls moved to the left? Check > I use it at work. I hate it. So do I. But now after they moved to Gnome I can fix the worst usabilty issues. It still crashes hard once a day despite me trying everything I can think of wrt swap, reserved memory etc. Might just be my RAM sticks though. > I'd rather use Fedora.
    - reitanqild 8y ago
      >> I use it at work. I hate it. > So do I. Forgot to remove the part about hating it. I don't hate Ubuntu at all, I just question some implementation details.

organsnyder 8y ago

Have you seen GKrellM? http://gkrellm.srcbox.net/ http://gkrellm.srcbox.net/

MisterTea 8y ago
Their example demonstrates how cluttered the GUI is. I suppose you could change skins to something less gaudy but I bet that winds up looking like a terminal application.
- oever 8y ago
  You can set the width to be larger. I have it at 1000px. That makes a for a nice, light and informative status window.

monkeynotes 8y ago

My point was that at some point adding more desktop-like functionality to Terminal you essentially create a GUI. I could argue that OSX / Ubuntu are modular and configurable and easily allow you to control data density too. Ultimately it's obviously whatever tool makes you most productive. My comment was more of a flippant observation of the nature of human endeavour.

inetknght 8y ago
In my experience, OSX is not modular and configurable out-of-the-box. You need to install plugins. Ubuntu is the red-headed stepchild of Linux which wants to be Windows. I use it at work. I hate it. I'd rather use Fedora.
- reitanqild 8y ago
  > Ubuntu is the red-headed stepchild of Linux which wants to be Windows. Eh. It wants to be Mac: - broken alt-tab? Check - menu bar on top? Check - dock? Check - window controls moved to the left? Check > I use it at work. I hate it. So do I. But now after they moved to Gnome I can fix the worst usabilty issues. It still crashes hard once a day despite me trying everything I can think of wrt swap, reserved memory etc. Might just be my RAM sticks though. > I'd rather use Fedora.
  - reitanqild 8y ago
    >> I use it at work. I hate it. > So do I. Forgot to remove the part about hating it. I don't hate Ubuntu at all, I just question some implementation details.