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Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by jethro_tell »

dredmorbius wrote: post #111
leephillips wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does “mid 2000's” mean? I don’t mean to be dense, I just can’t figure it out.

Mid '00s if you prefer. Referencing decades in two-digit form fell out of favour with the Y2K issue. Perhaps it should be resurrected. At the turn of the 20th century, fashion was to refer to "oh-eight" and such, IIRC. I don't know that the decade had a common nomenclature. I suspect there's a Wikipedia article on that somewhere.... Hrm ... not really, or at least not readily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade

Lol was thinking this yesterday when I was explain school years to my grade schoolers. You know, 2nd grade was from 2020-2021 and third is 2021-2022.

Half way through I was thinking, we could probably go back to 2 digit years now. . ..

Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by ISV_Damocles »

rbanffy wrote: post #125
nitrogen wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The physicality that Compiz and wobbly windows brought to the desktop was a huge boon to my productivity. Everything was low latency, high framerate, and just felt real . I could rotate my virtual desktops around and they felt like actual spatial locations for organization. I could drag windows and they felt like quasi-tangible objects, not just abstract rigid platonic rectangles. It was far more than just a gimmick,…

I have to say the same. It makes the computer "feel" better. It reminds me of discussions around Mac vs PC in the early days. The experience of using a Mac was more "fluid" than Windows. The Mac would draw windows faster, move the mouse faster (as in more refreshes of the cursor position per second) and that made it more comfortable to use. At the same time I also used Sun and SGI boxes regularly and the stark differ…

If you use KDE wobbly windows are built in to its KWin compositor. :) I forget the exact details of how to get to it since I don't use KDE anymore (long-ish story), but even most of the silly things Compiz did are a configuration checkbox away in KDE.

Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by _tki0 »

rrrrrrrrrrrryan wrote: post #106
leephillips wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does “mid 2000's” mean? I don’t mean to be dense, I just can’t figure it out.

The English-speaking world still hasn't really agreed upon a term for that decade, especially in America, where "aught" and "nought" are rarely used words. (We tend to use "zero" instead, and "the zeroes" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aughts

Yeah, at best we have the-turn-of-the-century (millennium?). Though mid-turn doesn't seem quite right either.

Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by Nition »

marcodiego wrote: post #26

Compiz 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…

You might well be right. I was at university during that time, and people would legitimately see that someone else had wobbly windows and cool effects and end up getting Linux because of it.

Just looking at all the options in the Compiz window was exciting. I can have fish inside my desktop cube?

Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by nebula8804 »

laumars wrote: post #139
nebula8804 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I switched to Linux full time before Compiz took off and did so for exactly the reasons you cited the other platforms were superior: Linux was more stable, easier to reason with (as it was doing less magic behind the scenes), components worked better with each other since POSIX is designed for interoperability. Good for you that you had this experience but this is the standard talking point I have been hearing for 1…

> Good for you that you had this experience but this is the standard talking point I have been hearing for 15 years. Which is entirely anecdotal. I’ve done a considerable amount of research on this topic over the last 20 years and for the at least 10 years of it the actual main reason Windows users don’t like Linux is simply because it’s not like Windows. It doesn’t matter how much better Linux might be or how crappy…

Here we go...down the same rabbit hole that these Linux vs whatever else conversations always go down.

Just to reiterate: Every OS has problems but in MY experience Linux has broken on me in fundamental ways. MY experience is that Linux cannot be trusted for day to day usage even though I have been giving it chances for 15 years now. I'm glad that you have the fortune of having a better experience but I am not going to ignore what I have experienced with the OS just because you said it was good.

I'm not going to waste my time with this anymore so I bid you good day.

Re: Burn My Windows

#146

Post by DonHopkins »

throwaway889900 wrote: post #2

>You should also start your commit message with one applicable emoji I don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that. Project is neat though.

Simon's a top notch interactive graphical user interface designer and programmer. Not just static pictures, not just fixed animations, not just functional code, but rich interactive animated feedback that's actually useful and helps you complete your task while it's also beautiful. When you can design and program stuff like this all on your own and give it away for free, then you can make up any rules you want about commit messages. Look what else he can do with icons and emojis:

https://schneegans.github.io/news/2021/12/02/flypie10

>More Fly-Pie Updates!

>In the last couple of months several new versions of Fly-Pie have been released. In this post, I want to highlight the major new feature.

>New features were added in version 8 and version 10. The versions 9 and 11 were released as well, but they contain bug fixes only. Here are two trailers to celebrate the respective releases:

Fly-Pie 8: New default dark theme and support for GNOME 3.36, 3.38, 40, and 41!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9t7hfkE_5w

Fly-Pie 10: A new Clipboard Menu, proper touch support & much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGXtckqhEIk

Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by zeven7 »

jethro_tell wrote: post #141
dredmorbius wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mid '00s if you prefer. Referencing decades in two-digit form fell out of favour with the Y2K issue. Perhaps it should be resurrected. At the turn of the 20th century, fashion was to refer to "oh-eight" and such, IIRC. I don't know that the decade had a common nomenclature. I suspect there's a Wikipedia article on that somewhere.... Hrm ... not really, or at least not readily. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade

Lol was thinking this yesterday when I was explain school years to my grade schoolers. You know, 2nd grade was from 2020-2021 and third is 2021-2022. Half way through I was thinking, we could probably go back to 2 digit years now. . ..

We're just starting the 20s. I don't think I ever heard of the decade from 1910 to 1919 being referred to as the 10s, but I definitely heard of the 20s. Maybe the first 20 years of a century are kind of hard to name, so, yeah it's about time.

Re: Burn My Windows

#148

Post by hansjorg »

nitrogen wrote: post #107
marcodiego wrote: post #26

Compiz 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…

The physicality that Compiz and wobbly windows brought to the desktop was a huge boon to my productivity. Everything was low latency, high framerate, and just felt real . I could rotate my virtual desktops around and they felt like actual spatial locations for organization. I could drag windows and they felt like quasi-tangible objects, not just abstract rigid platonic rectangles. It was far more than just a gimmick,…

Yes, it's a strange effect. I initially dismissed wobbly windows and the desktop cube as very gimmicky bling, but it really did make a huge difference to the feeling of the desktop.

Re: Burn My Windows

#149

Post by marcodiego »

laumars wrote: post #139
nebula8804 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I switched to Linux full time before Compiz took off and did so for exactly the reasons you cited the other platforms were superior: Linux was more stable, easier to reason with (as it was doing less magic behind the scenes), components worked better with each other since POSIX is designed for interoperability. Good for you that you had this experience but this is the standard talking point I have been hearing for 1…

> Good for you that you had this experience but this is the standard talking point I have been hearing for 15 years. Which is entirely anecdotal. I’ve done a considerable amount of research on this topic over the last 20 years and for the at least 10 years of it the actual main reason Windows users don’t like Linux is simply because it’s not like Windows. It doesn’t matter how much better Linux might be or how crappy…

Calm down... Let's not turn this thread into an ugly flamewar.

Re: Burn My Windows

#150

Post by laumars »

marcodiego wrote: post #149
laumars wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Good for you that you had this experience but this is the standard talking point I have been hearing for 15 years. Which is entirely anecdotal. I’ve done a considerable amount of research on this topic over the last 20 years and for the at least 10 years of it the actual main reason Windows users don’t like Linux is simply because it’s not like Windows. It doesn’t matter how much better Linux might be or how crappy…

Calm down... Let's not turn this thread into an ugly flamewar.

I am calm. What in my post suggested otherwise?
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