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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by tapia on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:06AM (#30022918)
Not at all. Multiple workspaces was common in Linux way before it was a thing in windows or Mac. And Compiz really helped in bringing new fancy effects to the desktop.
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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by danieldk on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:44AM (#30024137)
Multiple desktops were on Unix first. But Quartz Extreme preceded Compiz by three years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Compositor

Also, Exposé was introduced in 2003 before Linux counterparts (and requires a good compositor to do it well). In fact, there was a rush to write KDE/GNOME plugins after Panther was introduced. Sadly, most were pretty janky/bad until Compiz was introduced.

Spotlight (launcher/search) was introduced with Tiger in 2005, also much before Linux desktops started introducing it. Only after that, desktop search (e.g. Beagle) and search-based launchers like GNOME Do started showing up.

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