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Burn My Windows
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Re: Burn My Windows
#42I love Linux because it creates a space for stuff like this to take place. That said, i3 is enough glitz for me (and it's pretty much none).
Somewhat ironically, now hosted on a Microsoft-owned closed platform.
Re: Burn My Windows
#43Excellent. Longtime Gnome desktop user, former Compiz user...I had no idea this even existed. You better believe I now have burning windows :), despite how childish it may seem.
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#44Compiz was probably the single most impactful event for desktop linux of the mid 2000's. Not that it itself made much of a difference, but the ripples affect many areas we take for granted today. A few reasons: - it put linux ahead of windows and mac in terms of appearance; - it brought many new users and most were a good mix technical and enthusiasts; - it showed the advantages of modular software; - many plugins we…
I dont know what Compiz is (not a linux user), but I seem to remember something like this mod existed for Windows in the 90s/00s
Re: Burn My Windows
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that Why do you think that is?
Because emoji are tacky. You want to use them in your commit message? Fine. But if I were ever contribute to a project that enforces such a rule I would start every commit with the middle finger emoji.
> But if I were ever contribute to a project that enforces such a rule I would start every commit with the middle finger emoji.
Ah yes, the Kid Rock aesthetic. Much less tacky.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that Why do you think that is?
It increases barrier of entry with something that is really arbitrary and not easy to remember unless you have a cheat-sheet in front of you. I have lots of commit rules in all my projects but they're simple, straightforward, and easy to remember because they're useful and commonplace. eg "Short one-line commit message, more details in the paragraph beneath it, atomic commits with single change per commit, no individ…
If you can't remember that the "silly" project has a "silly rule" in place, and you won't remember any time you look at "git log" results, then I really don't know what to tell you.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that Why do you think that is?
It increases barrier of entry with something that is really arbitrary and not easy to remember unless you have a cheat-sheet in front of you. I have lots of commit rules in all my projects but they're simple, straightforward, and easy to remember because they're useful and commonplace. eg "Short one-line commit message, more details in the paragraph beneath it, atomic commits with single change per commit, no individ…
That's simple enough: have a text file with the emoji saved somewhere handy, or use a text macro expander to replace :colon_style_markup: with real emoji. If you don't already have an emoji input widget on hand, that is.
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#48Compiz was one of those things I could show off to friends to prove that linux was actually way cooler than any of _their_ operating systems, but since then seems to have been completely forgotten about (at least by me). This was a nice blast from the past.
Almost every foray into linux on the desktop (when I was younger) for me started with seeing a cool video online with window effects (Compiz being the one I remember), installing linux on a new partition, spend the day getting most of my hardware working and playing with Compiz and other cool visualization utils (I can't remember the name of a tool that would add computers stats and whatnot to your desktop background…
You are likely thinking of conky. It was included on some distros with a basic layout, but you could spend hours just adding other stats to it and changing colors.
Re: Burn My Windows
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
>I don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that Why do you think that is?
Because emoji are tacky. You want to use them in your commit message? Fine. But if I were ever contribute to a project that enforces such a rule I would start every commit with the middle finger emoji.
Isn't tackiness heavily context, culture, and timeframe dependent? Besides, computing is far too serious these days . I see no reason for my computing to be a little bit whimsical (especially if it's a hobby project), provided it's also self-consistent.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost every foray into linux on the desktop (when I was younger) for me started with seeing a cool video online with window effects (Compiz being the one I remember), installing linux on a new partition, spend the day getting most of my hardware working and playing with Compiz and other cool visualization utils (I can't remember the name of a tool that would add computers stats and whatnot to your desktop background…
You are likely thinking of conky. It was included on some distros with a basic layout, but you could spend hours just adding other stats to it and changing colors.
That sounds familiar, maybe the name I'm thinking of was the windows version/copy/port or something. All of those were neat and I'd spend countless hours (this was back in HS so I had tons of free time) configuring it and looking at screenshots that people posted to see what parts I want to recreate and then in the end I'd realize I never see my desktop background, like ever lol. Even now with 4 monitors you can't see my desktop background anywhere, I'm sure it's still the default macOS desktop because I never see it.