Re: Do Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?

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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Wed, 29 May 2024 07:52:47 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
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How does Cinnamon's decision to revert to looking like Windows 95 make
Linux desktop environments look good? How does XFCE continuing to poorly
imitate Windows 95 make Linux environments look good? How does almost
every desktop environment in Linux using a start button like Windows 95
demonstrate how innovate Linux developers are?

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When you've got a good thing, stick with it. The Ubuntu 22.04 'Show
Applications' buttin is a little too metro for me.

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No one has ever improved on the Win95 type of UI, that I've ever seen,
they might look "cooler", or something, but functional-wise, not
really.

Heh. My desktop has no Start menu. It does have a task bar as a useful way to
see what is running on all my virtual desktops (which I can switch by
Super-Alt-L or Super-Alt-H).

My current fluxbox them on this workstation is "Lemonspace" with simple and
minimal window decoration, which I can remove using Super-D. My other
workstation currently has a Maclike title bar for each window. I have a choice
of hundreds of fluxbox themes.

It has one Conky panel at the left to show time, date, cpu activity, memory and
disk usage, volume, battery status, and upload/download rates.

It has a Conky panel at the top to show the current tune playing via MPD.

I can tailor the look of Gtk and Qt apps.

That's what I like. But you do you.

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A: In the United States you can't buy anything for zlotys and in
Poland you can't either, while in the U.S. you can get whatever
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