XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:28:30 +0000, vallor wrote:   
      
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   >> 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.   
      
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