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After using a desktop linux box for about 15 years, I have moved on. Not because the desktop experience was bad, in fact I think it was one of the best out ther

by exDM69 14y ago

After using a desktop linux box for about 15 years, I have moved on. Not because the desktop experience was bad, in fact I think it was one of the best out there. Sure, there are rough edges but the user experience of regular desktop activities (launching apps, browsing files) worked for me better than redmond or cupertino -flavored desktops. No, I moved on because I realized that I don't like the desktop paradigm. The best thing I ever did to my computer was changing to tiling windowing and a keyboard oriented user experience. It's definitely not for everyone, but I don't miss the desktop.

sliverstorm 14y ago
If you've still got a desk computer which runs linux, regardless the WM you've still got a desktop linux box. "Linux on the desktop" doesn't use "desktop" in the sense by which we refer to the place that contains "My Computer" and "Recycle Bin". No, "desktop" refers to "on the top of your desk".
- exDM69 14y ago
  > If you've still got a desk computer which runs linux, regardless the WM you've still got a desktop linux box. Semantics. I prefer to call it a personal unix workstation :) I have a similar software setup on my laptop, which you can't call a "desktop". We can call it a portable unix workstation then.
  - mhurron 14y ago
    Actually yes, the phrase 'Linux on the Desktop' does include laptops. 'Linux on the Desktop' sounds like a better rallying cry then 'Everyone using Linux directly'.
  - hollerith 14y ago
    >I have a similar software setup on my laptop, which you can't call a "desktop". According to the standard terminology used by most writers in the computer industry last 5 years, yes you can (when applied to software). In contrast, if you say, "After using a desktop linux box for about 15 years, I have moved on," most readers are going to be misled into concluding that you've switched to OS X or Windows. (We only got what you actually meant because we were paying sufficient attention and because you went on to talk of tiling windowing and a keyboard oriented user experience, which are not really an option on OS X and Windows.) P.S. In all the discussion about tablet computer, you really never noticed any of the thousands of authors using "desktop OS" to refer to the more-traditional kind of OS that runs on both desktop computers and laptop computers? And you never noticed authors using "desktop" to distinguish a user-facing computer from a server?
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by exDM69 14y ago

sliverstorm 14y ago

If you've still got a desk computer which runs linux, regardless the WM you've still got a desktop linux box. "Linux on the desktop" doesn't use "desktop" in the sense by which we refer to the place that contains "My Computer" and "Recycle Bin". No, "desktop" refers to "on the top of your desk".

exDM69 14y ago
> If you've still got a desk computer which runs linux, regardless the WM you've still got a desktop linux box. Semantics. I prefer to call it a personal unix workstation :) I have a similar software setup on my laptop, which you can't call a "desktop". We can call it a portable unix workstation then.
- mhurron 14y ago
  Actually yes, the phrase 'Linux on the Desktop' does include laptops. 'Linux on the Desktop' sounds like a better rallying cry then 'Everyone using Linux directly'.
- hollerith 14y ago
  >I have a similar software setup on my laptop, which you can't call a "desktop". According to the standard terminology used by most writers in the computer industry last 5 years, yes you can (when applied to software). In contrast, if you say, "After using a desktop linux box for about 15 years, I have moved on," most readers are going to be misled into concluding that you've switched to OS X or Windows. (We only got what you actually meant because we were paying sufficient attention and because you went on to talk of tiling windowing and a keyboard oriented user experience, which are not really an option on OS X and Windows.) P.S. In all the discussion about tablet computer, you really never noticed any of the thousands of authors using "desktop OS" to refer to the more-traditional kind of OS that runs on both desktop computers and laptop computers? And you never noticed authors using "desktop" to distinguish a user-facing computer from a server?

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