Re:Lima: Linux-on-Mac
by gjsman-1000 on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:57PM
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Apple clearly has evaluated Window Snapping and decided not to add it for whatever reason. Rumor has it Microsoft patented it.
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That's untrue though, because Linux DEs have been doing 4-way snapping for decades now.
> That's untrue though, because Linux DEs have been doing 4-way snapping for decades now.
That doesn’t mean it’s not patented. It just means there’s nobody worth Microsoft suing.
It reminds me of how my old Nokia phone could do such basic things as use custom ringtones, whereas iPhones of the time did not have this functionality.
Apple seems to have this thing where they treat basic functionality as a premium or an upgrade. Things like window snapping, or being able to compile and distribute software...