Re: Founder of Gentoo Daniel Robbins: "I actually try to avoid using Linux on the desktop"

On 2024-12-17, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:

Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
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some dumb fsck wrote:

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"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.)"
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2012 interview
https://usesthis.com/interviews/daniel.robbins/
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Say it ain't so!

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"I am primarily focused on Linux stuff - I tend to use GNU screen and
ssh sessions (console) for nearly all my work, and Chrome as my
preferred browser. 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.)
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If I set up X, I tend to waste a week trying to tweak the font
rendering, and then I start thinking about creating my own desktop
environment... gotta stay focused :) Some day, 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."

I'm happy with the Cinnamon desktop and do very little tweaking. On my
laptops I do scale the screen either to 125% or 150% — which is about all
the "font tweaking" I find necessary.

Only some dumb fsck would see anything wrong with any of the above.  I
mean, it might seem a bit "silly", but that's the guy's right.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.

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He's as dishonest as he is dumb.
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