The menu and shortcut bars, they are fairly basic as far as presentation goes. As for user friendlyness…The only issues I have had with XFCE ever since I started using Linux was the screen saver coming on when I set it to not run, and the XRDP software not working as expected to with XFCE desktop running (both of which have never really been solved by the way, I just go on living with the problem and ignoring it because these issues are not really that big of a deal).
For the most part, it’s as convenient and friendly to use as the Windows XP or 7 desktop layout was. It never fails on me, it never changes, it always just works, you very rarely ever have to fight with it in anyway. It very rare for me to bitch and compain about anything going wrong with XFCE specific.
Perhaps it’s not as feature ritch as Gnome or KDE goes. However, the less features you have in a product, the less there is to go wrong on you when you need your machinery to work.
This front end clearly has been tested in battle and seems to serve just fine without ever needing changes of any kind. I would say it’s balanced out, it’s just plain and basic looking. For some people, they may find this boring for the most part.
I think XFCE is one of the greatest creations developed in Linux. I fits my vision of a simple existence.
In my life, I envision such details which are easy to live by:
No night clubs, bars, or any social gathering places
No public works of art
No libraries
No great Victorian era houses, cathedrals or buildings of any kind just a square building with 2 doors, some windows, painted the colour of concrete
I want to open up my closet door only to see 7 sets of overalls (1 for each day of the week) as my wardrobe and 2 sets of boots (one for winter the other summer)
I want a room where I can use to stay fit, all necessary vitamins and detox technologies accessible when at the scheduled time to take them
A room to work on physics, math, engineering, or what ever technologies used to optimize human efficiency
Rooms have 4 white walls (basic plywood or OSB board walls will also work), a bed and a desk for my PC to rest on which has Garuda loaded on it, no unnecessary art work, paintings or pictures (the fancy digital desktop is enough art work)
A vehicle with no creature comforts any kind but easy repairable features like a retired military truck as an example of simplicity
Owning a horse, just encase mobility is stifled in some way
Gold and Silver as a form of currency exchange
A garden to grow the basics necessary for human survival
Solar panels for uninterruptible power
If only we had prozium to eliminate all human emotion, it would be easier to live like this:
If only all 9 billion people on Earth would just live like this, so many of life’s problems would just disappear. XFCE has the ability to bring us closer to my vision of a perfect world.
What do you mean by “moving back from -bin”? Do you mean ungoogled-chromium would be listed instead of ungoogled-chromium-bin? If so, what is the difference between the 2 versions?
Just to be clear, I totally agree and not saying that was a good thing.
But “THE LARGEST PUSH FOR SURVEILLANCE” was already done… The narrative that it is going to be the AI spying on me is something that really bothers me. My data is all already in PRISM/Google/Meta/Reddit/etc
What AI will do is interpret (or not…) that data and make sure everyone has the same opinion and ideas. Its a “Google with 1 result only”.
Maybe he should really start posting about making sure the EU does not make encryption illegal? Just saying!
Unfortunatly, one of the ways around this problem is to not use the system. I know it’s easier said then done, but less you use the system, the less damage for yourself is out there. In other words, less data reaching AI for interpretation in the first place.
This requires a major change in mindset. You pretty much have to do a complete 180 on your life to stay as disconnected as humanly possible. It can be done, its hard, its exausting, you will have to step way way way out of your comfort zone to do it, but over time, it will pay off.
Since I’ve never been a big fan of phones it might be easy for me to say, but what helps me to break ties with all kind of services (and to avoid looking at my screen for no specific reason) is going through the list of apps every few months and asking myself which ones I really “need” and wich ones I’m prepared to delete. After a while I was perfectly OK with leaving my phone at home while going to work or attending a party. My Achilles heel is WhatsApp at the moment, in that regard I was a bit disappointed that Signal decided not to implement WhatsApp interoperability. I would have liked to slowly lure family members and close friends away from WA, but alas.
Full disclosure: I’ve been a Twitter/news junkie for years, until rumor had it that Musk was planning to take over.
I was thinking about designing a cell phone that could do voice, text, and data all as basic as can be. But, can be placed into any system with an M.2 slot so you could turn a desktop, laptop, or tablet into a phone. Then you can use the terminal to send/receive text, modem managers to give you access to 4G/5G/6G/LTE data for internet access, your sound adapter for voice, and a physical off switch that turns off the transiever so the EM waves don’t damage your body when you don’t want to use it, or be tracked.
That would begin to solve more of our AI and establishment problems
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