Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 07:43:59 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 Message-ID: <20250702074359.000051cb@gmail.com> References: <9nikhl-qb2.ln1@otis.foo> <102aft1$1icjg$5@dont-email.me> <102d5t2$298jm$2@dont-email.me> <102ecnj$2l3qp$3@dont-email.me> <20250612083705.000061fc@gmail.com> <102fi1k$2u1dt$4@dont-email.me> <20250612161731.00003f61@gmail.com> <102funf$3149j$4@dont-email.me> <20250620103703.00004ee7@gmail.com> <1035m0l$u0ib$5@dont-email.me> <20250623142902.00001ef8@gmail.com> <103cqjq$1ip4g$7@dont-email.me> <20250701141023.00003c97@gmail.com> <1041t1s$349i3$3@dont-email.me> <10421sd$35564$4@dont-email.me> <1042qem$3dil1$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:44:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8d9e552c80db1fd34977e763c848aff1"; logging-data="3733467"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18rn8e+c9Lt1yisZlzaNaOS54fc3Ylvhfw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:8BPIu5PV82qxJ7EPC+iDZdQHhto= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69282 On Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:25:57 +0100 Nuno Silva wrote: > Do you realize how close this can be to Microsoft claiming they don't > have a monopoly because there are other systems? In practice, that > there's that choice in some corner doesn't change in any way the > forces of peer-pressure and vendor-locking arising from Microsoft and > friends, especially if in practice you're still forced to do things > their way. (Shhh, you're not supposed to *say* it...!)