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Yes, the Apple mindset assumes that there is a good way and people are not interested in tweaking that. You can agree or disagree with that. I do agree that a
by wladimir 16y ago
Yes, the Apple mindset assumes that there is a good way and people are not interested in tweaking that. You can agree or disagree with that.
I do agree that a sane set of defaults is good. It should be usable without customization.
But for one, I am interested in tweaking things. From the operating system to how things look. That's why I use open source. Isn't that the original hacker spirit?
- ugh 16y agoIt is but various Open Source projects do want to cater to many more people than just hackers. There are several open source desktop environments, they don’t all have to have hackers as their target group, have they? Just looking at Gnome’s website I would argue that maybe Gnome just isn’t for you and that there is nothing wrong with that.
- wladimir 16y agoYou can tell that by just looking at Gnome's website? I've been using Gnome for >10 years now. I've never had any big complaints about it (well except for gedit not having a "replace in selection" feature, but there's a plugin for that). Gnome has excellent customization and theming facilities through GTK themes. I also think the Gnome defaults are pretty good. I've also used KDE and like it but tend to choose Gnome as I'm used to it. Apple, however, I wouldn't buy because it locks me in too much for my taste. I don't like cages, even cosy golden ones :)