XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-12 10:20, vallor wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   No one. But it shows how trivial this business of "I can customize, and   
   you can't, neener-neener!" really is.   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   You KNOW it's impossible do, you?   
      
   Checked, have you?   
      
   >   
   > And your initial reaction to his post was to laugh and mock,   
   > because you think Cosmic looks like MacOS.   
      
   You don't find it funny that someone with such animus to macOS chooses   
   to use an OS that strongly resembles it?   
      
   >   
   > How many Unix desktops have you seen?  (Besides MacOS,   
   > that is...)   
      
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