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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
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Subject: Re: The Desktop Environment (was: Re: The problem with not owning
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Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2025 17:28:32 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-05, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:
> 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)
>
Looks great.


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