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Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment by krolden on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:45PM (#34601753)
Ummm, a vibrant ecosystem of desktop environments/window managers is one of the best things about Linux.
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Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment by BizarreByte on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:52PM (#34601877)
Except for the fact virtually all have serious usability issues, bugs, and general problems.

The community spreads its efforts thin into a thousand projects rather than making one amazing one.

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Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment by pmontra on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:09PM (#34602979)
Windows and Mac also have usability issues and they are driven by two companies that don't allow break ups of their DEs.

I don't think that a FOSS community will ever converge on an amazing DE without part of it breaking apart and starting a new one, for the sake of building something even more amazing or failing on the way.

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