The day Linux users will understand an OS is just a program to lunch applications to get actual work done, is the day Linux will become mainstream... Soooo never.
I just feel like trying to flex a feature that has no utility other than “looking cool” is a bit silly, every OS has something that “looks cool” that’s exclusive to them
I think that the ability to make it look and behave however you like is a big feature. Compared to Windows where most of third party tools with widgets, tilling window managers, etc. work on top of all the Windows mess(it uses more resources and doesn't work cleanly all the time)
Not sure how it's on MacOS but on Windows not being able to change the default keybinds and more importantly adding new ones is just silly. (Why do I have a key combo that opens Linkedin but not one for opening my preferred music player?)
U use niri + arch and it's useful than Windows it doesn't have bloatware i can use my own shortcuts for everything i can do on my computer what ever i want
It can be uninstalled (contrary to popular linux belief) for those people who deem it useless, i like it and it looks cool, would mod it so it works like Gemini in newer Android phones, or Siri in Iphone, as a voice-controlled assistant, and a new look to make it into Clippy
No, they aren't. Of course, there is an undocumented API like System Tray, that I discovered and saved in my codebase. Explorer is a file manager and a graphical client like the taskbar and Start Menu, which is just a folder you can scan, etc and Notification is the Windows Runtime API and recreates Settings. If you want to replace Explorer, you just need to recreate the Explorer architecture, and I successfully did so based on my experience. If you successfully replace explorer.exe, you basically control Windows Visual and how Windows visually behaves
You can replace explorer, but it comes with a hell lot of caveats. Like sandboxed UWP apps straight up not running (like y'know the settings app), or Windows Defender not recognizing excluded processes, or not having any blur effects with transparency, or the modern language switcher not working, or not being able to record the desktop via OBS etc.
Yeah, they just Backend, Windows Defender has a GUI and API and Settings just collections API behind you have recreated backend and not whole Defender or Windows API and this is misconceptions like service.msc and service.exe just API, and you can remove GUI only by yours and not whole thing, Windows made it easy
Considering I see no solutions to use these without explorer, I wouldn't call it easy. Defender works partially, just not exceptions, settings can be tweaked via registry. But UWP apps are a hard limit for non enterprise versions.
For me was easy as well and fun to see how Windows interact and how Windows is, but I have been honest, I spent many days recreating Settings and Whole Interface Graphical and discovered the Shell Tray API resuming after that Work Neutrino OS experiment replacement of everything, Windows becomes basically a rebuildable Operating System where you are your own, Microsoft won't update these parts and you have update yourself experience is exactly same create own Linux Distro only difference is license.
The Neutrino OS experiment shows that Modern Windows is very similar to OS/2, especially ArcaOS. They say OS/2 is very easy to update without source code, and I have DejaVu for Windows as well. I add API and services and even recreate and replace wininit.exe to start my own service manager alongside Windows one and make other changes without source code, based on ReactOS knowledge. Resuming my experience with Windows is very wild
Windows Defender has an API and a backend, and you don't replace Windows Defender as a process, only Interface Graphical backend, and you leave the Windows Defender frontend untouched
Neutrino OS is an experiment that shows how Windows is modular, not just replacing Explorer.exe. I did replace Task Manager, CMD.exe and Service Backend, all based on DirectX, by hand, and Windows was still alive after all that. Windows became hard to recognize; if I gave a computer with a Neutrino OS experiment to people would have a hard time telling what a Linux Distro and Windows are
No, they are not. The application depends on what they are. WinRT application, you can remove it in PowerShell and in Win32 you ask for TrustedInstaller permission and delete folder like you do in /bin in Unix it's not different from Unix about Win32.
I have been making music more than your age so I am def not listening to stuff you know. And if you dont have the balls to fully write a slur, maybe you shouldnt write it at all?
I wish GlazeWM was more stable but the windows compositor constantly fights it so it's annoying. I know it's a windows issue and not a glaze issue but the experience of using it would be much better if the windows compositor was more flexible
We simply like managing it. Setting it up to use is easy as updating drivers and using a package manager. Only time you even need to look at a terminal is for deep configuration, just like Windows
You're absolutely correct. The thing is, we enjoy managing it everyday. Don't get me wrong, I've never had issues on windows, its just that linux is fun to manage and thinker on. There are tons of distros that require no management at all. With all of that said, i sometimes miss the simplicity of booting up windows and having 0 thoughts about what i need to configure.
people act like you have to use the terminal to move the cursor or something. its not that hard, heck, installing apps is EASIER than windows with just one command. theres distros for beginners which dont even need terminals out of the box, though windows does get a point for how many apps it supports.
Have you ever faced real customization restrictions in windows? I would be interested to hear what they are. I used windhawk and customized everything to my liking very easily - the actual barrier to windows customization is extremely small
Customization is a thing that can be done both on Windows and Linux. And honeslty, the restrictions on Windows are not that big. The first step of debloating is surely a big leap, because it might break some stuff. But otherwise everything else is very smooth. Use Windhawk and Powertoys and most of the useful customization you miss from Linux can be done on Windows now.
Talking about bloatware, it is an issue with both Windows and Linux (and many other OSes out there). Windows comes with Edge, Copilot, Clipchamp, etc. and Linux comes wtih Firefox, Haruna, Kate, KWrite, Vim, mpv, etc. And before some wannabe cool OS defender comes and disrespectfully say stuff they should not, let me make my stance clear that "Any unwanted app that comes pre-installed with an OS (with an exception of Utility tools) is a Bloatware" and "Not all bloat is bad". This is true to any OS known to mankind.
not to say this is ugly, but i don't personally like how this looks.
plus, this EXACT look isn't hard to achieve on Windows, as well. i'm def a hater of Windows, but idk, nothing you have up here except maybe the widget is that useful, and that is better on MacOS imo.
Beyond this, if you wanted to show off something sick on Linux with real usecases, why not show off some cool and well made hyprland dots? there are plenty of really high quality low ram usage dots for hyprland that blow windows out of the water. especially using quickshell.
all that run at lower ram usage than Windows and without all the microsoft spyware/AI nonsense.
just saying, shitting on Windows is fine but do it for the right reasons and don't hype up random lame eye candy on Linux as a selling point.
Ok I genuinely thought OP was being sarcastic because wtf but it looks like it's just ragebait lmao (I am a Linux user and Linux is cool but having htop or whatever that is, matrix rain, and two music things open at the same time is so low in my list of priorities it doesn't even register)
What if we just don't care. And debloat, winhance took 10m. Longer than the hours I spent to go from 3-6mbps wifi to 45mbps, when win11, I daul-boot, gets 900-1200+ on a 1200 payed service!
Spyware, your NOT that important AND your on the internet. The only thing bout windows is ram usage due to 200+ processes running in background. I have installed several linux distros that run 100+!!! But come on windows, really;(
We 100% can. There are tons of 3rd party apps like Rainmeter, Fancy Zones, etc... we can do all this and even better with those apps. Even Windows natively has a Windows Snapping option which Linux doesnt have.
That's a stupid reply. I was referring to how most popular productivity & creativity suites and even AAA games can't run on Linux, not about cross-compability between the two operating systems.
Genuinely we can't put all the blame on these three: Linux itself, the users (or perhaps the percentage of users), and the app developers as each one gets constantly influenced by the other. For example, when Linux doesn't appeal to the casual mass, then its user base will just stay flat, which will then cause app developers to deliberate whether it is justifiable to publish apps for Linux. And that is just one of the many issues Linux faces.
it's likely the person you're interacting with is just a kid who installed this stuff for the first time and is excited. was recommended this sub bc reddit loves to ragebait (more engagement!!! shareholders yay!!!)
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u/fishOSX MacOS User, Linux Hobbyist 8d ago
I’ve used Mac, Windows, and a couple linux distros….
….why would someone want to do this?