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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid
 using Linux on the desktop"
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:11:12 -0500
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Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> Le 14-12-2024, DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> a écrit :
>>
>> "I will use Windows 7 or Mac OS interchangeably as desktops, and often 
>> surprise people when they find this out. I actually try to avoid using 
>> Linux on the desktop because it's a distraction from my focus, which is 
>> Linux userspace internals (non-GUI stuff.)"
>>
>> 2012 interview
>> https://usesthis.com/interviews/daniel.robbins/
>>
>> Say it ain't so!

12 years ago. What's up these days?

> Agreed, with Windows and mac, as you can't adapt them to your needs, you
> have to adapt yourself to their design. With Linux, you can adapt it to
> your needs so if you want to, it takes some time and can be considered
> as a distraction.
>
> That being said, depending on your choice of WM, the ricing is not that
> long and stays for a long time. Unlike Windows which changes with every
> update and asks you to learn everything again from scratch.
>
> Maybe that's why you didn't quote the part when he says he'd like to do
> it: "I'd like to create my own desktop environment for Linux, but I'm a
> perfectionist and semi-good graphic designer, so it'll have to be really
> good."
>
> And of course, you forgot to quote: "If anything can be learned from
> this, there is power in actually articulating your dream setup, since
> once you know what it would look like, you may actually find that making
> it happen is easier than you think." Which is exactly what Linux
> provides you. It's interesting to see how the same message can be used
> to say one thing and it's contrary depending on the way you quote it.
>
> -- 
> Si vous avez du temps à perdre :
> https://scarpet42.gitlab.io


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