XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Mon, 5 Jan 2026 00:24:26 -0800, Alan  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-04 23:38, vallor wrote:   
   > >>> 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.   
   > >>>   
   > >> LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!   
   > >>   
   > >> This is TOO FUNNY!   
   > >>   
   > >> You've shown a video of a Linux distro...   
   > >>   
   > >> ...that looks almost EXACTLY like macOS!   
   > >>   
   > >> LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLL!   
   > > I don't get it.  I thought he showed an imgur image   
   > > of Cinnamon...   
   >   
   > Are you kidding?   
   >   
   > Dock: it might be on the left, but it's pretty much identical to macOS   
   > (which can put it on the left if you prefer.   
   >   
   > Menu bar: a group of small icons at the righthand end... ...just like macOS.   
   >   
   And a lot of other Unix workstations.  Your point?   
      
      
   > Folder window: a little simpler perhaps, but still so much like a macOS   
   > Finder window, it's hilarious!   
      
   How ccan you identify the MacOS finder, as opposed to any other file   
   browser?   
      
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