Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops?

From	Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops?
Date	2017-03-16 16:22 +0200
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Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com>:
> When I read about desktop pros and cons, one of the biggest pros is
> usually customization. Frankly, I don't want to waste time customizing
> my desktop; I want it to work (nearly) perfectly "right out of the
> box".

I don't see how anybody could make a desktop that pleases me out of the
box.

> A computer to me is a tool and I don't care much about eye candy.

I don't care about eye candy. I care about usability. I want a desktop
that has convenient buttons for a terminal emulator, freechess.org and
emacs. I want a keyboard that has my tweaks for C, Finnish, Esperanto,
Spanish and Hebrew. I want fonts that are the right size and easy to
read.

> The first thing I did on Windows was disable that goofy Aero-gloss
> thing. Some reviews make it sound like basic apps like e-mail are part
> of the desktop which I don't agree with.
>
> Aren't the main functions of a desktop application launching,
> application switching, and maybe drag-and-drop as an option for file
> movement?

You define the main functions for yourself; I do it for me.


Marko

PS I find LXDE nearly perfect for my desktop needs.

Thread

Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Michael Casadevall <mcasadevall@soylentnews.org> - 2017-03-12 20:38 -0400
  Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2017-03-13 12:58 +0000
  Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-03-13 21:03 -0400
    Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Michael Casadevall <mcasadevall@soylentnews.org> - 2017-03-13 22:31 -0400
      Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-03-14 23:17 -0400
        Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2017-03-15 07:00 -0500
          Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2017-03-15 11:37 -0400
            Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Kerry Imming <kcimming@pobox.com> - 2017-03-16 08:29 -0500
              Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-03-16 16:22 +0200
            Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2017-03-18 20:02 +0100
              Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-03-19 19:06 -0400
                Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Michael Casadevall <mcasadevall@soylentnews.org> - 2017-03-24 12:58 -0400
    Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Pham Nuwen <phamnuwen@example.com> - 2017-03-14 09:50 -0700
  Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-03-14 03:03 -0500
  Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-03-14 11:47 -0400
  Re: Am I the only one sick of "modern" desktops? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2017-03-14 12:42 +0200

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