Re:TheDesk Desktop Environment
by walteweiss on Monday May 06, 2024 @03:21PM
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When I moved to macOS back in 2011 (OS X back then), from Windows, I was shocked how much the OS pushes me to organise my digital world better than the mess I had in Windows. I never have piles of stuff in my digital life, it’s uncluttered now.
These days I use Linux with both swaywm on a laptop with Arch do-it-yourself Linux, and mainstream Gnome on a Fedora desktop (workstation edition) with almost no fiddling. Both desktop metaphors allow me to organise my digital world very well.
From that point of view the mess of icons on a Windows desktop looks horrible to me. I dread the very thought of using Windows ever again. I dread I’ll be given the locked Windows laptop and forced to use it.
I know it’s not that bad. Especially, if you just need to perform some tasks in some GUI apps, especially if those are Microsoft apps anyway. Still, I have the fear. My Linux familiarity created me a very vulnerable place of comfort and possibly an illusion the things would be that way forever (for me). Which can be true, actually.
These days I use Linux with both swaywm on a laptop with Arch do-it-yourself Linux, and mainstream Gnome on a Fedora desktop (workstation edition) with almost no fiddling. Both desktop metaphors allow me to organise my digital world very well.
From that point of view the mess of icons on a Windows desktop looks horrible to me. I dread the very thought of using Windows ever again. I dread I’ll be given the locked Windows laptop and forced to use it.
I know it’s not that bad. Especially, if you just need to perform some tasks in some GUI apps, especially if those are Microsoft apps anyway. Still, I have the fear. My Linux familiarity created me a very vulnerable place of comfort and possibly an illusion the things would be that way forever (for me). Which can be true, actually.