Re: Desktop environments

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

Resending to list, unintentionally sent my reply off list.

On 2020-04-10 20:21, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, April 10, 2020 02:50:14 PM mick crane wrote:
> > Well I was thinking is a valid question.
> > What's the deal with these desktop environments ?
> > I thought is like a desktop with pictures so you know where everything
> > is and then you click and start a program that does something and the
> > desktop gets out of the way ?
> > Is that not the purpose ?
>
> Well, chiming in from left field, I think that in general that is the 
> intent,
> although they often have built-in features of various sophistication to
> (maybe) make things more convenient.  Start with a clock on the 
> desktop, so
> you don't have to explicitly run some other program to check the time.
>
> Do you have certain things in mind that you are think are the wrong 
> things to
> include in a desktop?

off list I guess

well I don't know, I'm a bit pissed with staying in the house
all the time but that's what I do anyway but is my choice.
I use the windows environment windows 10 a bit and I don't like it very 
much and I really don't want a tattoo to be my ID.
Just thinking that things should do a job and not try to do anything 
else.

mick
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