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    1 day ago

    Tbh I dont enjoy any OS I actually hate computers, they are in the way of what I’m trying to do, it’s just an interface to do something else. But when the interface is effecting your experience to much it’s just sad.

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        So I don’t have to deal with manually managing windows or workspaces, or manually configure my desktop each time I have to reinstall my computer for whatever reason. I have a bunch of workspace profiles for x11, for what goes where. Im very bad at keeping my workspace clean and tidy and I like it clean and tidy, so I have to automate these processes, other wise it’s just a hassle.

        Imagine that you are playing StarCraft by not using the mouse, and you do it quite efficiently, you have bindings and key combos for doing anything you want to do, and it’s just muscle memory that you’ve built up so you don’t even need to think about it. All your F1 keys to the correct locations on the map, all your unit producing structures already defined, your unit group keys already grouped, units get added automatically to a group. You know what group contains what kind of units.

        This is totally doable in x11, doesn’t matter what desktop you are using as long as you can send commands to the X Server, because everyone is using the same implementation (with some smaller modifications) .

        The state of Wayland now (I have a hard time seeing that it will improve) is everything is a workaround, and you have to spend hours trying to figure out how to do basic stuff, and sometime after spending hours you just give up. This isn’t Linux, this is what I except from windows or macOS. Linux is about customizing your desktop they way you want it to work.