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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Fri, 10 May 2024 17:33:22 +0000, RonB wrote:
>
>> On 2024-05-09, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 09 May 2024 06:47:55 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 8 May 2024 08:27:04 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I think the most common complaint of people using Linux CLI or GUI
>>>>> tools is that they look dated.
>>>> 
>>>> Are they taking Microsoft, of all people, as arbiters of good taste?
>>>
>>> There are definitely more people out there who are fans of the
>>> Microsoft aesthetics than there are people who appreciate the dated
>>> interfaces of open-source software. All of them will admit that the
>>> "ugly" software still does the job, but it appears that the way a
>>> program looks is as important as whether it completes the task.
>> 
>> I don't admit it. And I don't like the Windows "aesthetic." I do find it
>> a bit amusing that Windows' users simultaneously claim that 1) Linux
>> copies the Windows desktop and 2) It has a dated interface.
>
> Both are true, 1) Linux indeed copies features and aesthetics of both 
> Windows and Mac OS but 2) does a very poor job of getting it right, in my 
> cases. The lack of consistency is very noticeable, and you'll have 
> something like the default desktop of Ubuntu which looks incredible... 
> until you open up a program which doesn't fit with the overall look at all.

Like Microsoft's own system apps that revert to some old-style GUI rather
than the flat-ass Win 10+ interface?

Or applications that provide their own window decoration no matter what
OS they're on?

>> Actually Linux has a LOT of interfaces. Windows only has one, and it's
>> "dated" and ugly in my opinion.
>
> I like the look myself, but find that it quickly gets boring. In fact, 
> that's probably why I like installing Linux and trying something else out 
> all the time.

I hear you on that one.  Though I kind of fixate on Fluxbox (or Xfce4)
and use lxappearance, gtk-chtheme, gtk-theme-switch2,
xfce4-appearance-settings, Fluxbox themes, or qt5ct to get a more harmonious
look).

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