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Linux desperately needs a good DE. We might as well dumpster dive for something reusable from the past. NeXTStep actually really reminds me of Windows 7 and ot
by selfhoster11 5y ago
Linux desperately needs a good DE. We might as well dumpster dive for something reusable from the past.
NeXTStep actually really reminds me of Windows 7 and other things. I wouldn't mind trialling it for a week as long as I could get my usual tasks done.
- anthk 5y agoOnce you switch to Fluxbox/Rox/Urxvt and custom keys, you won't need anything else. BT? Blueman. Network? NetworkManager/Connman plus the applet. Done.
- selfhoster11 5y agoThe Unix philosophy doesn't work as well when it's mandatory to enable building a GUI. I specified that we need a good DE because we don't have a good story for integrating all of those things you mentioned within a UI that I consider usable (and GNOME isn't it, and KDE is not quite it either).