Right because why would I waste my time making music when I could be busting a gut trying to finish someone else's abandoned project that 5 other people in the world might benefit from. Much better use of my time, yeah?audiojunkie wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:10 pmThe code is still there. There's nothing stopping you from contributing and making WindowMaker what you want it to be.
Did you miss the bit where I said that Windows 10's UX is about as close to perfect as I can imagine? Because the thing is, it's not about "taste', it's about getting shit done and Windows 10 allows me to get shit done like nothing else I have ever seen.While there is no accounting for taste, there's a better chance of finding a useful alternative desktop on Linux than there is on Windows.
You're making distinctions that make no difference. How I interact with the computer is the only thing that matters and both Start 11 and Rainmeter allow me to interact with my computer in ways I otherwise could not. How they achieve that is of zero relevance to me as an end-user, beyond any hit on performance it might entail (both are negligible).Let me correct you on this. Stardock does not change the existing Windows Environment that Windows 11 uses. Windows still uses the Windows desktop environment. Stardock is simply a tool for advanced theming, to as you say, "completely customize" the "look" of the Windows desktop environment--but it's still the desktop environment. You could say the same thing about Gnome 3 and Cinnamon. Cinnamon derives from Gnome 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions. Desktop environments like KDE are completely different code bases with completely different pros and cons when comparing against a desktop environment like Gnome 3. So, unfortunately, you are the one that is "not even close."
Did you not even bother to look at them? As I said, they allow me to interact with my computer in ways I couldn't without them. They don't just change the colours and the wallpaper, they allow me to create a unique environment within which to interact with my computer.Themes dude. These are all themes. I said desktop environments, not theming the behavior in the same windows desktop environment. Pfffft....
As I said, sometimes open source works, sometimes it doesn't. You have to pick and choose, not immerse yourself in an environment where you have no choice but to use it. It might surprise you that I also use and advocate for Blender. But I can remember a time when it was a hot mess and it has taken a very long time for it to get to where it is now, an order of magnitude longer than it would have taken a commercial product. I don't live in an either/or world, I am nowhere near as badly affected by bias as you or most other people. I'll use whatever works best. What I won't do is blindly support something just because.Oh the irony of using Open Source for your example!
So you'll stick your fingers in your ears and sing "la-la-la" so you don't have to hear anything that conflicts with your biases. Hardly surprising.I'd say, "Never mind!" but you are unable to leave a message without a retort. So how about this? I'll let you respond and get your final say, and I'll let sleeping dogs lie. I'll be waiting...
Did you bother looking at any of these links? They prove my point for me. They guy had to choose a config that he could make work with Linux - "I also personally am not very interested in dealing with NVidia hardware under Linux, as that can come with some unfortunate annoyances and limitations" - so he bought one without discrete graphics. From there things seemed to go well, except "to be able to control the brightness of the secondary display, we need to install a custom kernel module" and "the setup isn't quite set-and-forget, unfortunately. With every kernel update you'll have to re-run a few steps."audiojunkie wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:00 pmII almost forgot to mention your beloved Asus Zenbook Duo Pro 14: https://davejansen.com/asus-zenbook-duo ... ora-linux/
Compare that to the Windows user's experience of choose whichever configuration you like, take it out of the box and switch it on and my point is made. It's an operating system, I don't want to have to even think about it, much less install the f**king thing manually.
You seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that people enjoy tinkering with their computers. Most of us do not. I used to do it out of necessity but that need withered and died many years ago. Today I can buy a computer, take it out of the box and switch it on and that's it, it's ready for me to load my applications and get to work. That's perfect for me and for the vast majority of computer users, as evidenced by the paltry 13% of respondents to your poll who are using Linux.
I like how our points are proven without ever knowing it. Unless it is, and then that's just willful ignorance instigated by the usual oppositional defiance.
