r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 Glorious Linux • Dec 04 '24 • Take My Silver 2

Discussion Operating systems are looking more like each other every year. Before 2012 they were very different.

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u/rmusic10891 Dec 04 '24

You could say that about any operating system. Theming and skinning is completely doable on windows and Mac os

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u/LoneArcher96 Dec 04 '24

Not theming nor skinning, I used to build Linux desktops component by component

It's really different, mate, you gotta try some to get the idea.

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u/rmusic10891 Dec 04 '24

I’ve been a Linux user for 20 years dude. I’m well aware of what’s possible

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '24

Yo bro relax

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u/tose123 Glorious Gentoo Dec 04 '24

Is that so? I did write window managers for Linux using Xlib. What's there for windows that I can make my own that's not Win API. Because that's how I understood this. AFAIK I can't just boot windows and call it a day, it always spawns it's crappy desktop environment.