I just wrote a guide on X11 Desktop Environments..
https://furycd001.github.io/posts/a-thoughtful-guide-to-x11/
I just wrote a guide on X11 Desktop Environments..
https://furycd001.github.io/posts/a-thoughtful-guide-to-x11/
Twin: a text-mode window environment
Wayland this, Liquid Glass that - but what if you just want a nice, comforting text-based environment? Sure, you can just boot straight into a terminal, or perhaps get fancy about it with Screen or whatever, but what if you want a text-based environment, but don't want to give up windows, menus, your mouse? How about a graphical user interface made up
https://www.osnews.com/story/142584/twin-a-text-mode-window-environment/
Accessibility on Linux sucks, but GNOME and KDE are making progress
Accessibility in the software world is a problem in general, but it's an even bigger problem on open source desktops, as painfully highlighted by this excellent article detailing the utterly broken state of accessibility on Linux. Reading the article is soul-crushing as it starts to dawn on
Linux PC maker System76 has released a 7th Alpha of the Cosmic desktop environment with new tools for managing workspaces (virtual desktops), more accessibility features, global shortcuts, and more. https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-7-never-been-beta #System76 #Linux #Cosmic #DesktopEnvironments
There’s a market out there for a modern X11/Motif-based desktop distribution
EMWM is a fork of the Motif Window Manager with fixes and enhancements. The idea behind this is to provide compatibility with current xorg extensions and applications, without changing the way the window manager looks and behaves. This includes support for multi-monitor s
New desk set up.
I’ve had some pain in the intercostals on my mouse side recently. Yesterday I realized it was because my desk was too tall.
So today I took it all apart, cleaned it and adjusted the table to its lowest setting. Hopefully that will help. #desktopenvironments #rsi #ShowYourWorkspace
Back on my Mac and man what the hell does Apple have against window tiling?
it's so weird for them to have such a slick desktop environment and such clunky window tiling
What Desktop Environment or Window Manager are you currently using?
I’m currently using BSPWM.
@kde 1.0 by KDE.
July 1998
Now that I've stopped using mainstream #DesktopEnvironments for the last several years, getting something lightweight, configurable, and having support for text-zoom and clipboard is all that I needed.
Linux desktops: Am I a good GNOME candidate?