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Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop"

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On 2024-12-17, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> some dumb fsck wrote:
>>>
>>> "I will use Windows 7 or Mac OS interchangeably as desktops, and often 
>>> surprise people when they find this out. I actually try to avoid using 
>>> Linux on the desktop because it's a distraction from my focus, which is 
>>> Linux userspace internals (non-GUI stuff.)"
>>>
>>> 2012 interview
>>> https://usesthis.com/interviews/daniel.robbins/
>>>
>>> Say it ain't so!
>
> "I am primarily focused on Linux stuff - I tend to use GNU screen and
> ssh sessions (console) for nearly all my work, and Chrome as my
> preferred browser. I will use Windows 7 or Mac OS interchangeably as
> desktops, and often surprise people when they find this out. I
> actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop because it's a
> distraction from my focus, which is Linux userspace internals (non-GUI
> stuff.)
>
> If I set up X, I tend to waste a week trying to tweak the font
> rendering, and then I start thinking about creating my own desktop
> environment... gotta stay focused :) Some day, I'd like to create my
> own desktop environment for Linux, but I'm a perfectionist and
> semi-good graphic designer, so it'll have to be really good."

I'm happy with the Cinnamon desktop and do very little tweaking. On my 
laptops I do scale the screen either to 125% or 150% — which is about all 
the "font tweaking" I find necessary. 

> Only some dumb fsck would see anything wrong with any of the above.  I
> mean, it might seem a bit "silly", but that's the guy's right.
>
>>Agreed, with Windows and mac, as you can't adapt them to your needs, you
>>have to adapt yourself to their design. With Linux, you can adapt it to
>>your needs so if you want to, it takes some time and can be considered
>>as a distraction.
>>
>>That being said, depending on your choice of WM, the ricing is not that
>>long and stays for a long time. Unlike Windows which changes with every
>>update and asks you to learn everything again from scratch.
>>
>>Maybe that's why you didn't quote the part when he says he'd like to do
>>it: "I'd like to create my own desktop environment for Linux, but I'm a
>>perfectionist and semi-good graphic designer, so it'll have to be really
>>good."
>>
>>And of course, you forgot to quote: "If anything can be learned from
>>this, there is power in actually articulating your dream setup, since
>>once you know what it would look like, you may actually find that making
>>it happen is easier than you think." Which is exactly what Linux
>>provides you. It's interesting to see how the same message can be used
>>to say one thing and it's contrary depending on the way you quote it.
>
> He's as dishonest as he is dumb.
>


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what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien

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Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-14 18:29 -0500
  Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-12-14 23:56 +0000
    Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-15 00:40 +0000
      Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2024-12-15 09:16 +0000
    Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-12-15 11:11 -0500
      Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2024-12-20 09:46 -0500
    Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2024-12-16 19:48 -0600
      Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-17 08:04 +0000
  Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-15 00:14 +0000
  Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-15 09:04 -0500
    Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-16 10:24 +0000
      Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-16 10:39 -0500
        Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-17 08:01 +0000
          Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-17 08:54 -0500
            Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-17 20:25 +0000
              Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-17 17:51 -0500
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-18 10:59 +0000
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-18 08:57 -0500
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-19 07:45 +0000
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-19 08:56 -0500
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-20 05:46 +0000
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-20 08:49 -0500
                Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-20 18:18 +0000
          Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-12-17 20:24 +0000
            Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2024-12-18 10:48 +0000
  Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop" Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2024-12-15 14:30 -0500

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