Remember when Linux used to be comfy?
no?
Fuck no.
It's still comfy
>what is xfce
>what is cinnamon
>what is mate
plasma 5.6.2 is comfy af
>>54132259
Does plasma still crash every 15 minutes?
>>54132279
nope
>>54132182
Me neither.
MAXIMUM COMFY
>>54132322
god its so disgusting, make it stop
>>54132344
fire up a 10.10 iso and give it a go anon
i think you can still get updates through backports
>>54132322
Maximum abomination
>>54132389
you dont know what you are talking about kiddo. macbuntu was the shit
>>54132259
yes
>using anything other than xfce
>>54132477
how does it feel to live in 2005?
just install ubuntu mate
>>54132490
>MUH MODERN UI
>MUH BROWN
>>54132477
this. xfce4 will always be the best
yes i remember the year of the linux desktop
>>54132182
Yes, it was 2004 and everything in the world was still great.
>>54132558
I love that. Looks better than the last version of OS X at least, and Ubuntu, and KDE.
>>54132182
>you can go back anytime without functionality loss
>>54132570
>m-muh A E S T H E T I C
>>54132490
not all progress is good progress
>>54132182
I see now why some people like top and bottom panels, you have too many gadgets that tasks would not fit on one.
It still is senpai. Install Mint Cinnamon. Move the taskbar to the top. Install Docky and place Docky bar at the bottom. So comfy.
>>54132490
moms and pops actually do not like ground breaking change
Ubuntu mate gives you the same old Ubuntu with gnome 2 feeling.
>>54132182
still comfy
>>54132182
damn thats comfy
mint 17.3 anyone? best os i had so far
>>54132279
Plasma crashing is just a meme.
>>54133220
Plasma 5 crashes every 5 seconds. Sometimes it's so bad even kdm crashes. Maybe next decade it'll be usable. They clearly didn't learn a single thing with 4.0
>>54132182
>Remember when Linux used to look like shit because programmers are awful at UI design?
>>54133149
Love Mint, comfy as fuck.
>>54132256
/thread
>>54132970
>>54133149
>>54132477
>using a full de and not just putting stuff together to make something even comfier
>>54134433
You literally can't, though. For instance, the only good pdf readers are okular and atril, and the only good runners are krunner and the unity one. The only other decent runner is kupfer, which has ceased development years ago, is really hard to find, and isn't anywhere near as slick or powerful as krunner. Likewise, there are no good calculator programs not tied to DEs (but all DE calculators are good). Puma and kate are by far the best GUI text editors, and although vim is much better for heavy editing, emacs is dogshit in every task.
Hell, I could never even find a good clock/calendar popup. Literally just cal is better than any non-DE option, but it's obviously nowhere near as powerful (you have to get out of your way to spawn a terminal to use it, and you can't attach useful reminders to it).
HELL, even FUCKING DROPDOWN TERMINALS have no alternatives outside DEs.
>wobbly windows
>the cube
I want to go back. muh minimalism was a mistake.
>>54133220
set it up on arch on a 7 year old desktop computerand it would consistently crash after about 20 minutes of use.
ive never had problems with xfce
>>54132182
But now is comfier than before, anon
>>54132477
LXDE > Xfce
Xfwm is an abomination
>>54132259
>"af"
kill yourself
>>54134826
>7 year old desktop
>probably didn't disable compositing
hurrrrrr
I wanna cry a little everytime I remember 8.04
>>54132256
horrible KDEs
>>54136220
That was super comfy, I was dual booting then and it was a lot better than my Windows Vista.
>>54133149
It's based on software that's 2 years out of date so no thanks. Other than that, it's good.
>>54136667
dat tasteful design, compiz, urbanterror, irc chats flooding with noobs that got tricked into rm rf / writing garbage to their BIOS rom, fast as fuck firefox 3.5 / 3.6, all those silly sdl games (abuse etc), javascript free browsing....ahhhhhh. it went from unmatched to the joke of the linux community so fast
>>54132477
>xfeces
>>54135946
>flat design meme
>>54137191
>flat design meme meme
>>54132259
KDE is nice when isn't segfaulting.
>>54133149
>Guild Wars
Wow, it's been what, 12 years? That brings back memories.
inb4 >>>>>>>/v/
>>54135946
>Side bar
>Top bar
mfw people like this exist
>>54136163
dis nigga mad af
>>54139775
I use top bar for information and bottom bar is an icon dock. I can see the date, time, temperature, laptop battery level and so on from my top bar. Using only one bar would be too crowded and I like to have open programs as icons instead of multiple boxes per program.
>>54132558
I love it
still comfy nigga
Remember when you didn't have downs...oh wait.
>>54132182
Yeah except nobody realised how retarded nested drop downs can get
>>54136293
>KDEs
>K
>>54132558
what de/wm is this senpai
>>54132182
still comfy desu senpai
No.
https://anders.unix.se/2015/10/28/screenshots-from-developers--unix-people-2002/
>rms
>I don’t know how to make a screenshot, because I normally use my computer in text-mode. I have X and GNOME installed, but I use them only occasionally.
>>54132182
That kernel is only getting comfier.
>>54132256
>how to spot a kebab
>>54141582
Gorgeous. Beautiful. It is an absolute shame that no modern Linux DEs can look like that.
what is gnome 3
>>54132182
>to move a window press and hold a key then move
what
was that some retarded "feature" just so that it isn't like windows?
>>54141751
Except they can...
>>54141770
Until you provide proof of modern Xfce, MATE, Unity, Gnome 3, Openbox or KDE looking like that, then I won't believe you.
>>54141582
that is such a cute background i wish i could find stuff like that on konachan
>>54141847
You could easily do that by getting some 90s "fancy" font and an old looking theme.
Hell, you could just skip that and install old KDE's fork.
>>54140824
background?
>>54133149
Fucking little kid / roastie using linux designed for retarded wonen and kids fuck off back to rebbit, if you dont use arch its a fact you dont know how to use your computer
>>54141582
Jesus christ, RMS is so tech illiterate. Can't install GNU/Linux, can't take a screen shot. What's next?
>>54132182
still comfy :^)
>>54132182
no. it was absolutely horrendous on most pcs till late 2000s, but even today OS X > linux
>>54142186
That doesn't look half bad. Still prefer something like this though:
>>54141582
>>54142228
Eh, not a fan of your Mac OS X's commercial sleek design. I prefer old-school. Seems more functional and its prettiness gets out of my way. Just stick with Mac, anon! :)
>>54142186
Why do you need to clocks Mr. Darklurker.
>>54142229
Can you explain why? I mean, I don't want to cause a flame war or anything but I mean I really think that's like... I really prefer my desktop looking clean though.
>>54142276
For some reason I never really got used to looking at clocks and now I need to get used to looking at analog clocks before I completely forget :^)
>>54142292
Part of it is nostalgia but a lot of it is while I acknowledge it looks very good, I feel it's kind of hollow. I feel like I'm using a toy or piece of art, not a tool. That's why I prefer older-style looking desktops. To each their own, though.
I notice when I work on my writing, it's much easier when the desktop is closer to something like 2000 style GTK or late 90s Windows. That's just my preference, though.
I will admit if I'm only browsing the web or playing games, then I prefer a desktop that looks something like Mac OS X. For work, I don't.
>>54142292
How hard can that be 12,3,6,9.
>>54140542
KDE is just a cluster fuck. Most ugly piece of shit I have ever used.
>>54142343
I honestly prefer my desktop minimalistic and modern, I guess also sleek. I don't really embrace nostalgia, I just prefer the modern look nowadays. When I work, it creates, for me at least, a distraction-free environment without that much, I guess "extras"
>>54142354
What I mean is that I'm really used to seeing digital clocks now, so now I'm trying to get used to seeing analog clocks because I'm pretty sure the first thing I always see when I get home is my computer so :^)
>>54132182
It still is, on XFCE
>>54141954
Did you know he's a hardcore SJW (the crazy kind)? The only thing that prevents him from cutting his dick and dying his hair pink is his autism.
>>54142354
when you haven't looked at an analog clock in a long time, it takes several seconds to read the time.
>>54133890
Disgustingly ugly
>>54133890
What theme is this? Looks comfy.
>>54133149
>>54139499
Actually just started trying Guild Wars 2. Not sure how I feel yet.
>tfw had over 3000 hours in GW1
Still is, nigga.
Yeah, just like it was yesterday. Oh wait, it was yesterday. Gnome 3.20 on wayland and xfce are both great.
>>54144287
Literally the best de possible. Fast, lightweight, good software, good defaults, Ubuntu based.
>>54141582
>ryoko
>that aesthetic
I love it.
>>54132182
Install fucking MATE
>>54132970
>1366x768
>the screenshot from years ago has a bigger resolution display
>>54136220
Yeah it was easily one of the best mainline ubuntus straight out of the box
>>54144802
It's based on GTK2. It was deprecated at the time of inception.
It should have used Gnome3 as the base, and heavily modified it back to the Gnome2 feel, while retaining the modern libraries.
>>54133827
nothing's changed
>>54132182
Yes, I do. It was back when Mandrake 8 was a new thing, if you used KDE it was damn comfy. Not sure why you posted that pic with a bloatware Ubuntu that is using ugly GTK crap. If I were you I would use Windows.
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I'd like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU+Linux.
>>54141907
Picture of his parquet
>>54132182
>started using Linux with 10.04
>shortly before the dark years of shitty new DEs
Needless to say my main rig stayed on LTS for a long time.
>>54132182
>comfy
Are you saying that the use of DEs based on that puked indian turd called X.org was comfy?
Fuck you. You're the reason why that shit will still be necessary in desktops in 2025.
>>54146450
Latest mate can be compiled with GTK3. It's not as ancient as you think.
>>54141582
What kde theme is that? Must get
>>54143927
Numix
>>54142756
It's funny considering that he is paranoid of governments.
SJW love a big and intrusive government.
>>54132182
That was the release where it started to go downhill. 9.10 was the comfiest
>>54144287
>can't edge tile to 1/4th of the screen
>marco's compositing keeps crashing
>crap multi display support
I really want to like it, but these things kill it for me.
Debian w/ MATE here, comfy as heck.
>>54132182
Isn't that just Ubuntu mate?
It's happening! 1234567
http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/
>>54132182
Just use mate its just a forked gnome 2.
i miss this and marbley looking next / fvwm setups
>>54141930
>arch
install Gentoo faggot
>>54149212
Kde was nice before they turned it into bloatware.
Luckily there is still trinity.
Ah, the glory days running GNOME2 with Compiz Fusion
>>54149261
> bloatware
> not installing KDE Neon while it still ships only with XTerm and minimal Plasma Desktop
>>54132558
Not bad. Looks better than 99% of the desktops in the desktop threads
>>54142186
What UI is that?
>>54132555
Trips speak the truth
>>54132558
Source on that wallpaper?
>>54149261
Trinity is too buggy and shitty for actual use, and doesn't use the cool opensuse patches which were actually great at the time.
Mate is the only real option for a modern DE. Back in gnome2/kde3 days, both were actually good, and even xfce was alright. Where did everything go so wrong?
>>54149261
what is the point of using old KDE?
The main reason to use the new ones is krunner, so why would you use something pre krunner?
Still seems "comfy" to me
>>54132256
STOP RECOMMENDING XFCE, STOP.
Mate is a fork of GNOME 2, so it's fast on old machines but whatever.
Cinnamon is a fork of GNOME 3. So it's essentially GNOME but with some added and some missing features. Pretty much anything you can do with Cinnamon can be done with GNOME.
>>54150059
Better panel, konqueror is actually god-tier, much more lightweight, no widget bullshit, more customizability (though I agree that KDE4's good enough for the most part).
With the opensuse patch, or even just the run command dialog, the in-menu search is good enough that krunner doesn't matter that much, but I agree that it's a ridiculously good runner.
Now, the main problems with KDE5, however, are: even less customizability than KDE4 which has less than KDE3; reliance on systemd for no valid reason (the explanation they tried to give was so ridiculous it reeked of payoffs or threats), crashy as fuck (they learned nothing from KDE4), muh flat bullshit, but also ridiculous amounts of wasted space everywhere (have you even seen the fucking network settings popup? Takes half the screen to display absolutely nothing). The only good thing is that it separates the different parts of KDE so another qt DE could take over but keep the KDE programs.
>>54150105
The flat theme is just a theme. You select something else if you want.
I never got used to konqueror, but dolphin have a built in terminal which makes it much more suitable for a file manager.
The widget bullshit is easy to ignore, they pretty much removed the concept in plasma5 anyway, guess they don't want people to use them anymore.
I didn't notice the reliance on systemd, what do you mean? the login?
But krunner is just so essential, I can't go back to anything else. Even a tiling window manager seems slow to me as it doesn't have the ability to read my mind like krunner does.
>>54150098
>STOP RECOMMENDING XFCE, STOP.
But it's the best DE
>>54150098
gnome a shit
Oh shit, I remembered, like years ago if you searched linux/gnome/kde/debian in google images all you would get is screenshots/wallpapers with sexy girls/models
Good old days..
>>54133890
>Circle Numix
>>54132182
I'd simply like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free part of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is simply a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>54154137
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just.Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Most computer users who run the entire Linux system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.
There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just.Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.
>>54132182
Unbuntu mate is pretty comfy.
>not just using icewm
>>54132558
>that x11amp icon on the taskbar
top kek
USE KDE so its confy for long time
>>54154874
>portable workstation
my nigger
GNU/Linux has never been this comfy again.
>>54155343
oh god
i've still got the cd-r with 6.06 that i first used to install it
it was the first linux i actually *used* used
>>54154874
>>54154948
Where can I find these
>>54132322
What the fuck are those distorted windows? Is that your data being sucked into the botnet?
>>54157791
Window minimization animation
![KDE_1.0[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6EjmseK.jpg "KDE_1.0[1].jpg")
>>54132558
I unironically miss the old linux look
