XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2026-01-13 05:51, CrudeSausage wrote:
> 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?
Yes.
> Can you remove Safari entirely because you've decided to use
> something else as your default?
Is removing it "entirely" really important? I can decide to use a
different browser.
Next!
> Can you modify the level of transparency
> of panels as is standard in a number of desktop environments?
What "panels" do you write of?
> Can you add
> and remove panels for your needs?
Same question?
> 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?
Is it... "often desired"?
> Can you change icons in _batch_ rather
> than one at a time (which is what you showed us?
Yup.
> Can you change your
> cursors?
Yes.
> Can you change the look of the windows themselves to put buttons
> closer to those of Windows 95, BeOS or even Windows 3.1?
>
Nope. Who cares?
> 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.
What you miss about all this is that it it TRIVIAL and that very few
people actually DO it.
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