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metadat ◴[30 Mar 25 16:14 UTC] No.43525239[source]▶

This looks nice and easy to use.

My hypothesis is today's "modern" OS user interfaces are objectively worse from a usability perspective, obfuscating key functionality behind layers of confusing menus.

It reminds me of these "OS popularity since the 70s" time lapse views:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cTKhqtll5cQ

The dominance of Windows is crazy, even today, Mac desktops and laptops are comparatively niche

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1. walrus01 ◴[30 Mar 25 22:11 UTC] No.43528185[source]▶

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Give today's XFCE4 a try, on debian stable or testing. It's a remarkably no bullshit GUI for use with xorg. You can of course still install all the gnome and kde libraries and run all the gnome and kde applications, though things will look a little bit mismatched.

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