Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:34:53 +0100 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 25 Message-ID: <102ee0t$2l3qp$5@dont-email.me> References: <101tsvg$en0o$1@paganini.bofh.team> <6843417c$0$8575$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <20250609093835.0000784c@gmail.com> <1027nss$ptre$6@dont-email.me> <1029fb5$19mj3$3@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:34:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="14bc462912c9d7f5fc5f693fb65a3090"; logging-data="2789209"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18jqmiGnatMEmexTTlJdIFWLuTqmLyrQhU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:Htau8SSJjd4enuqXixSBwPWAhJU= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: On 12/06/2025 12:16, Borax Man wrote: > But now, I'm wiser, and all that "aesthetics" is just wankery. My > current desktop looks straight from the 90s, the only thing that gives > away that its not from 1999 is the higher resolution. Everything will > look dated eventually, so may as well stay with something already dated, > than constantly change the next thing that will end up dated anyway. I use a vaguely OS/X styled button and bars for the windows. That work pretty much like OS/X buttons and bars do., It was the only part of OS/X I liked I have two screen bars - applications virtual screens and widgets on an auto hiding top bar, and my commonly used programs on an autohiding side bar. My desktop might as well be /tmp as it contains nothing of any permanence except 'places' -- "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim." George Santayana