Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:57:57 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

On 2025-06-10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

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On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:25:18 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
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Nevertheless, the fact a project can be forked doesn't really negate

the disruption when your DE or software suddenly changes on you.
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No reason why a fork has to change things very much at all.
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Look at what happened with the XFree86-vs-Xorg fork: that switch
happened very quickly, and with very little user complaint.

 
I do recall that change, and it was rather seamless.  Almost forgot
XFree86 existed.
 
My point is better illustrated by GNOME 3.

So you pick and choose anecdotes to reinforce your particular take on
things: that’s not the way to identify patterns that apply more generally.