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Is it unreasonable to ask "why not"? I like the state of Android's (as packaged by GrapheneOS) settings UI much better than any other settings system, period.
by pbmonster 11mo ago
Is it unreasonable to ask "why not"? I like the state of Android's (as packaged by GrapheneOS) settings UI much better than any other settings system, period.
It's all in one place - I can't think of a single thing I would want to configure that isn't found in that one dialog. It doesn't always make sense, but it's searchable, and the search works.
- rs186 11mo agoJust imagine configuring nginx or apache with UI.
- snarfy 11mo agoThe good old days of make menuconfig
- pbmonster 11mo agoCome on, we're talking about system settings on future ChromeBooks. Of course I don't want a GUI for writing nginx config files. Android is very good at exposing things like * "which service may know the device location?" * "which app accessed the microphone 2 minutes ago?" * "which apps burn the most battery?" All of those make sense on ChormeBooks, and all of those are difficult with Linux.
- rs186 11mo agoThe point is that many of Linux's system settings are almost as complex as that. You want some examples?