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>>Software with a focus on simplicity, clarity, and frugality. >The developers also pride themselves on catering to advanced and experienced computer users, B
by Avshalom 4y ago
>>Software with a focus on simplicity, clarity, and frugality.
>The developers also pride themselves on catering to advanced and experienced computer users,
But, no. It's a drumbeat of less code and fewer features. Which is only simple in a specific worse is better sense and frequently infrugal because efficiency would require more code.
Advanced and experienced computer users are not catered to, not catering to anyone who might need a feature is their whole schtick.
- mikedelago 4y agoI agree - suckless software typically less features and a worse experience for even "advanced and experienced computer users" From another side of things, I want my SO to be able to use my computer if they need to, and suckless software just puts a huge block in their way. All said, I'm perfectly happy with Arch Linux and GNOME.
- anthk 4y agoMy SO just uses a different account with XFCE. I use CWM with XTerms.
- eikenberry 4y agoLess code, with fewer features iff combined with well written code is often better than more featureful code for advanced users as it is a better place to start modifying the code into what you need. So instead of a generic tool with tons of features, a simple tool that is simple to modify. Advanced tools have their place as well (eg. ffmpeg). IMO each has it's pros and cons but I wouldn't say one is necessarily superior to the other.
- bmacho 4y agoCan't we have both? If the code is modifiable/scriptable enough, we could get more feature, speed, reliability, than with huge codebases. I don't know if it is one of their goals tho.