Yeah, but that old technology is what still lets me run a 13 year old version of Adobe creative suite. If that ever changes I will have to learn something new!
This is kinda how I feel about Windows these days. Itās interface, directory structure, shudder the registry, user specific apps (from MS Store or Winget), buttons being inserted into the menu bars on some apps, but not others, button sizes being different sizes, some parts still using the Metro interface. The whole thing either needs a re-write, or should be dropped and something new to replace it. Donāt even get me started on things like the eventvwr hanging for 20 seconds after it opens, event tracer API, their in-house abandonment of powershell modules once powershell was open sourced, Windows containers being a disaster, etc.
The problem is that so much critical infrastructure around the world relies on ancient Windows software. Iām pretty sure their backwards compatibility is one of the reasons thereās so much inconsistency in Windows, and every iteration seems to just add more bloat on top.
They hired the man behind systemd (controversial, I know, but he does have a vision). I hope they listen to him and/or he starts directing how they should do things from the ground-up.
There was a TCP/IP bug that shared itās exploit on versions of windows from windows for workgroups 3.11 (which you ran from the DOS prompt by typing āwinā) through to windows 7 (which was the new hotness at the time)
Thatās a bug conserved from the very first Microsoft implementation of TCP/IP through to the state of the art at the time
People were surprised at the time that it wasnāt a windows NT bug
Thatās surprising, as I think the first Windows TCP/IP stack was ported over from BSD by Spider Systems (pretty sure thatās why it still has things like ā/etc/hostsā - albeit under System32). Wonder if the bug was in BSD and never backported (cross ported?).
I really like that you found a way to utilize the virtual desktop grid. I really love the idea and I canāt wait for plasma 6 to improve upon it but right now I havenāt used it much.
you wrote that itās hard to reach meta+9 (win+9) but if you have a numpad and use both hands it doesnāt really matter which number you want to reach. Itās always the same distance away. file browser is always at meta+1, browser is at meta+2, etc. I canāt move up and down like you can but I donāt have to. Even if I hadnāt have a numpad, Iād still have two hands and meta+9 wouldnāt be too far away.
In short, I guess I want to say that I have found my way and I really appreciate your write up about your way but to me it sounds too complicated. Moreover, the task manager (kde, not windows. different things) is just a mouse move away and I can reach any app I want to. Moreover, Plasma Drawer is reachable within a meta click and has all apps. Itās not yet as good as GNOMEās but itās getting there.
Yes, my way is extremely confusing, even more than I thought before writing this. That picture with the firefox workspace in the middle really made it hit home. I donāt recommend anyone to follow it.
Using the numpad as a grid workspace is an amazing idea Iād never thought of!
Not really my kind of thing since I donāt really like to move my wrists much as I use my pc, but Iāve gotta admit, when I first saw it while I was researching for another commenter I just looked at my numpad and thought āgeniusā. I had a grid in my keyboard and hadnāt even noticed it. Maybe if I had known that a few years ago I would have used it, but nowadays, I prefer the workflow I have. Thanks for the amazing comment, nevertheless!
I donāt have time right now to read all the post, i only read up to the desktop grid, but i have to ask: have you ever heard about i3wm? I think you might like it.
And if you do know it, do you know of any way to implement a desktop grid? I have the same problem you have with alt+tab and it would be the best thing ever
I donāt really remember how to do it, but think I remember there was a way to map ctrl+meta+down to workspace + 3, and ctrl+meta+up to workspace -3, which gave the same effect. Iāll see if I can find it
do you have a numpad? wouldnāt that make more sense? I usually use the numpad to assign the position of a window. meta+7 is in the upper left corner, meta+6 is on the right, etc. but it would work with workspaces as well
Strangely enough, although I couldāve sworn there was a simple command for that, I could only find scripts. You can use them if you want, should be easy to find, but a surprising workaround someone mentioned was using the numpad as the grid.
I understand where youāre coming from, but I think I prefer the ease of use of something like KDE. I tried sway for a while, only to figure out that I am not really a tiling window manager type of person :)
The one thing I really liked about sway/i3 was having numbered spaces. The tiling I could take or leave, sometimes it was annoying if you hadnāt put in rules for an app. E.g. gimp used to have multiple windows back in the day and it was a bit of a mess
So for the work spaces I setup, I did 1 for general, 2 for web browser, 3 for code editor, etc. I really liked that and it became muscle memory.
Iāve got a Mac for my job provided by work and Iāve done the same thing and setup workspaces in the same way. I use Ctrl+number to get to a space.
Might be worth an experiment setting up key binds to take you to a specific workspace. I think youād like it! :)
People try to use Manjaro as Arch when it isnāt Arch. Manjaro has itās own repositories that may not match Arch version. You install an AUR package that depends on an up to date Arch package to work and it fails.
Iām using Kubuntu as my main OS and it has been very stable for me. You can remove snapd and install the deb Firefox repository. You should look up tutorials on how to do it, I did it and nothing broke
I for one hope to move from kubuntu to debian with KDE, I assume that wonāt have snap shit or systemd shit, but I might be painfully mistaken right there, I havenāt checked it out yet.
Debian does use systemd, but whatās so bad about it? Iām just curious, Iām using Arch with KDE, and that also uses systemd. Never had any issues with it. Debian doesnāt use snap by default though.
I have been enjoying OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Itās a rolling distro unlike the Ubuntu and Debian derivatives, but the updates hardly ever cause problems and itās very easy to roll them back if they do. It also gives you a choice between X11 and Wayland, and Wayland is working well for me on Intel graphics.
I jumped into Tumbleweed recently and have really been liking it. Last time I used Linux with a desktop environment I was using Gnome and KDE was a lot unglier. Things have definitely changed.
KDE Neon gets the latest package updates regarding KDE first but it is not official in any sense, as listed on their website. In fact, Neon is just a package archive built on top of Ubuntu that offers more up to date KDE stuff.
I have used the distro as a daily driver in the past. It uses itās own pkgcon package management system.
If you want something Ubuntu-based Iād recommend KDE Neon, last time I tried it, it was great. I donāt think it has snaps since itās made by KDE.
I should have been more specific. I was hoping this fixes an issue with LO not scaling correctly when using multiple screens with different scaling factors. Unfortunately this is still an issue.
I also should have been more specific. You wrote āPlease tell me it fixes scaling issues on Waylandā so I did.
I have no idea what issues got fixed.
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