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Really? I was on the "Linux Desktop" bandwagon in 1997 for awhile. It fizzled, and I returned to using just an empty MotifWM + xterm. Never looked back. I recen

Really? I was on the "Linux Desktop" bandwagon in 1997 for awhile. It fizzled, and I returned to using just an empty MotifWM + xterm. Never looked back. I recently installed Focal Fossa's default desktop GUI and I just find it awkward as hell and buggy (bluetooth is a mess, constantly have to restart the service on the CLI). I think the struggles of the Linux desktop is ripe for a historical analysis as to why it is so problematic.

PaulHoule 5y ago
... and the amazing spectacle that since 1997 or so "you build it" and "they don't come" and then the enthusiasts just won't listen to the reasons why people don't use it. I remember the hate and invective I heard from one GTK developer about a bug that prevented menubars from working correctly in GTK apps when you ran them in a captive window with an X server under Microsoft Windows.