XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-12 09:58, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:28:30 +0000, vallor wrote:   
   >   
   > < snip >   
   >   
   >>> If you're looking for the customizations I've done on my desktop, I'll   
   >>> show you the few I've done to Pop_OS! which, by default, presents me   
   >>> with most of what I want out of a desktop experience. Here is a   
   >>> screenshot of what I use though:    
   >>>   
   >>> 1) The dock is on the left since there is more real estate horizontally   
   >>> than vertically.   
   >>>   
   >>> 2) Since the workspace and applications options are already available   
   >>> in the panel, I've removed them from the dock entirely.   
   >>>   
   >>> 3) I prefer the Kora icons to the default Cosmic ones, so that is what   
   >>> I'm using there.   
   >>>   
   >>> 4) I find that the dock looks better rounded rather than squared, so I   
   >>> set it up that way.   
   >>>   
   >>> 5) I find that the dock and panel look best when their opacity is no   
   >>> more than 50%.   
   >>>   
   >>> Those are five customizations I can do without requiring a third-party,   
   >>> paid application. I could do more if I really wanted to, but I'm not   
   >>> wild with those things either.   
   >>   
   >> According to Alan, this isn't customization.   
   >>   
   >> Meanwhile, he hasn't said how he's customized his Mac.   
   >>   
   >> I smell a rat.   
   >   
   > That's because Alan knows very well that Apple doesn't allow you to do   
   > much to deviate from the standard MacOS desktop. You can change the   
   > wallpaper, you can move the dock and you can choose which of their widgets   
   > are interesting to you. That's about it. Anything more than that would   
   > probably cause Apple to excommunicate you and for Apple users themselves   
   > to start doing the unfathomable: thinking for themselves.   
   >   
   > Either way, there is no communicating with Alan. If you need to know what   
   > he thinks about something, just create a script which automatically   
   > delivers the Apple-endorsed response.   
      
   Of the 5 things you listed, I can do most of them.   
      
   I can reposition the Dock.   
      
   I can remove elements from the Dock.   
      
   I can use different icons.   
      
   The two I can't do are PURELY cosmetic.   
      
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