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Blue95: a desktop for your childhood home's computer room

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567 points elvis70 | 1 comments | 30 Mar 25 15:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mfro ◴[30 Mar 25 16:30 UTC] No.43525382[source]▶
Is it really necessary to spin up an entirely new distro for an XFCE+GTK theme?
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grayhatter ◴[30 Mar 25 17:15 UTC] No.43525770[source]▶
> Stop spending time on things I don't care about

It's ok for people to waste time building stuff they think is cool. Did it need to be a distro? No but it also didn't need to exist. I'm glad it exists though, I think it really whips the llamas ass!

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charcircuit ◴[30 Mar 25 19:06 UTC] No.43526637[source]▶
This attitude is why Linux based operating systems have such poor market share on the desktop. Opportunity costs are real. Friction is real. You don't see Windows creating a new OS for a single theme. You don't see macOS do it either.
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1. grayhatter ◴[31 Mar 25 02:17 UTC] No.43530072[source]▶
The reason Linux has poor desktop market share has nothing to do with a fun themed distro someone created as a side project.

> You don't see Windows creating a new OS for a single theme. You don't see macOS do it either.

I'd also consider the behavior of both Windows and OSX to be a warning to avoid, and not an example to emulate.

But the line doesn't always have to go up with every breath everyone takes. It's ok to do stuff just because it's fun. Not every single action needs to increase market share.