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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A quick search on _noticeable_ Linux improvements since 2014
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:04:40 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-07, RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2025-03-06, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Mar 2025 07:11:00 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>
>>> Aesthetics don't mean that much to me, but a clunky UI is a pretty rapid
>>> deal killer. I consider Mac's OS slightly "clunky" But any OS (not
>>> Cinnamon)
>>> I consider slightly "clunky" these days. I'm pretty much set in my ways.
>>> It must have something to do with being old.
>>
>> Heresy: the more it looks like Windows (not Metro) the more I like it. I'm 
>> not fond of the Ubuntu 'Show Apps' display rather than a menu.
>
> Cinnamon basically looks like traditional Windows (so does Mate and Xfce, 
> the way Linux Mint sets them up).
>
>> Sort of related:
>>
>> https://betanews.com/2025/03/05/forget-google-chrome-and-firefox-
>> librewolf-is-the-privacy-focused-browser-youve-been-looking-for/
>>
>> The Linux download is an AppImage. The file was no sooner downloaded than 
>> appimaged recognized it and integrated it into the 'Show Apps' panel and 
>> search bar. 
>>
>> Like the article says for all purposes it looks like Firefox.  I wonder if 
>> the Linux distros will move to it rather than Firefox.
>
> In Linux Mint 21.3 (Cinnamon), which is what I'm currently using on this 
> computer, LibreWolf doesn't autmatically show up in the Menu — usually I 
> have to login and logout for that to happen. Other than that, it's just like 
> Firefox. Easy to customize a userChrome.css file and looks identical.
>
> Thanks for the link. (If LibreWolf automatically shows up in the Menu after 
> a logoff/login I'll pass on that information.)

I don't have appimaged or AppImage Launcher installed so (on this machine, at 
least) the integration is not automatic.

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