XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:06:21 -0800, Alan wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Can you change which program you use as your terminal as is standard in   
   Linux? Can you remove Safari entirely because you've decided to use   
   something else as your default? Can you modify the level of transparency   
   of panels as is standard in a number of desktop environments? Can you add   
   and remove panels for your needs? Can you completely change the desktop   
   environment to one which is closer to Windows if you feel like it and   
   switch over as often as desired? Can you change icons in _batch_ rather   
   than one at a time (which is what you showed us? Can you change your   
   cursors? Can you change the look of the windows themselves to put buttons   
   closer to those of Windows 95, BeOS or even Windows 3.1?   
      
   Sure, it's cosmetic. Customization is partly about making cosmetic   
   changes. Either way, vallor is more of a professional when it comes to   
   customization than I am, and I'm sure he's laughing right now at how   
   you're living in a walled garden with Cupertino offering you a daily bowl   
   of porridge as your only sustenance and rather than complain, you're   
   thanking them for imprisoning you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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