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Your example feels like shots fired because the programs running without windows concept still confuses me. It just doesn't compute. I'm a sysadmin and have b
by doubled112 3y ago
Your example feels like shots fired because the programs running without windows concept still confuses me. It just doesn't compute.
I'm a sysadmin and have been using Macs on and off since System 7, Windows since 95, and probably 10000 Linux distros/DE combos. Just as a point of reference.
- quesera 3y ago> programs running without windows concept still confuses me > I'm a sysadmin and have been using ... probably 10000 Linux distros/DE combos Most of the things I run on Unix systems do not have windows. This doesn't confuse me at all! :) I know what you mean of course. A GUI application without windows is superficially confusing, but you can certainly imagine something daemon-like that runs all the time and only occasionally requires interaction in the form of configuration or control. What you're really talking about is document-based applications, which can continue running when no documents (windows) are open. This may be less intuitive if you think about things in a document-centric way, vs an application-centric way. There are advantages and conveniences to both.
- CRConrad 3y agoTry using Microsoft Office some time. Sure, Word and Excel go away when you close the last document or workbook -- but Outlook and Teams don't. For outlook, there's a separate menu (Uh, "ribbon"?) item "Quit" under "File"; for Teams, not even that; you have to right-click the icon in the task bar. Close all their windows, and AFAICR they'll still pop up notifications.