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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: The Desktop Environment (was: Re: The problem with not owning the
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Date: 5 Jan 2025 03:05:48 GMT
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On 04 Jan 2025 20:45:58 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote
in <67799e06$0$12936$426a74cc@news.free.fr>:

> Le 04-01-2025, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
>> On 1/4/2025 1:01 PM, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>>> Le 04-01-2025, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Which Linux distro offers perfect consistency?
>>> 
>>> First, I'd say it's not the job of the distro. It's the job of the
>>> Window Manager.
>>> 
>>> Now, the first time I installed Mint for someone else, I installed a
>>> few different WM to show that there is no better WM, there is only a
>>> WM which suit more the user. And they have to be tested to know which
>>> one to chose. I have to say it was disturbing to see they all look
>>> similar and I still don't know if I like it or not.
>>> 
>>> So, Mint is not perfect, but it's the only one I know which offer real
>>> consistency.
>>
>> Cinnamon desktop?
> 
> What I mean is cinnamon is the default desktop. I don't like it, it's a
> matter of taste, it's of no concern here. But when I installed xfce,
> lxde and enlightenment, they all looked like cinnamon and that was
> disturbing. I was hopping to show different ways of using Linux, but
> they were so similar, it was like showing the Window Manager is of no
> consequence, they can all look the same. So, it was a consistency
> brought by the distro, not by the WM.

Not just WM, but DE.  Even so, one can configure.

Here I'm making sure Cairo Dock is stable enough for
Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation:

   https://imgur.com/yYyJRwg

(DE: xfce4)

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