XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At 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.   
      
   So?  Who says customizations have to be anything   
   _but_ cosmetic?   
      
   CS casually made changes to his desktop that he   
   didn't even have to think about...at least one of which   
   is impossible on a Mac.   
      
   And your initial reaction to his post was to laugh and mock,   
   because you think Cosmic looks like MacOS.   
      
   How many Unix desktops have you seen?  (Besides MacOS,   
   that is...)   
      
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