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Re:Valve Is Paying Open-Source Developers to Work on Proton,... by danielheath on Saturday December 17, 2022 @03:29PM (#34031897)
To me, Linux means having the option of a system that lacks distractions. That’s a drastic ux improvement for me personally; IMO windows UX peaked with 2000, and XP was nearly as good.

I haven’t played much multiplayer anything (a little MTGa, among us, tabletop simulator and beat saber) but none of the single player games I’ve tried on Ubuntu have had any issues; just open steam and press play.

Windows started pushing f2p games in the start menu, changed UI toolkits twice in two generations, etc; it’s become unpleasant for me to use. Apple have similarly dropped the ball on UX in the past 5 years. IMO Linux UX has caught up thanks to those companies failures.

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Re:Valve Is Paying Open-Source Developers to Work on Proton,... by gps0 on Saturday December 17, 2022 @07:14PM (#34033684)
What are some DEs / window managers you think are quite simple and let you focus?
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Re:Valve Is Paying Open-Source Developers to Work on Proton,... by danielheath on Saturday December 17, 2022 @07:29PM (#34033787)
I’m using classic i3, with a nearly stock config. I have a key binding to start a launcher (in lieu of a start button).

I3bar to indicate which workspaces have new chat messages etc.

Default black background, all non-critical notifications disabled; I get distracted easily, so I craft an environment that avoids distractions.

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Re:Valve Is Paying Open-Source Developers to Work on Proton,... by omnimus on Sunday December 18, 2022 @05:22AM (#34036403)
simple window manager - how can you say i3?! most people wouldnt know how to do anything in there
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Re:Valve Is Paying Open-Source Developers to Work on Proton,... by danielheath on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:26PM (#34047566)
Most window managers are easy, but not simple. i3 is simple, but not easy.

In general, I'd prefer to have something both simple and easy, but in most cases that's not an option.

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Re:Valve Is Paying Open-Source Developers to Work on Proton,... by freeone3000 on Saturday December 17, 2022 @10:06PM (#34034698)
Xfce is nice.
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