People That Spend Time -Configuring-...Are They Wasting Time? DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Moraru
Actually...you are wrong!
Adding many custom stuff - i.e. icons, pngs etc - requires navigating the folder structure.
Also, unlike windoze, you cant just copy/paste stuff everywhere, particularly in system areas ( the / part).
One -MUST- use the command line!
So, thats at least 2 big gains for the user:
Gain 1) Learning the folder structure of Linux (you cant make those customizations work otherwise, if you dont place your stuff where it must be!)
Gain 2) Learning to use the CLI (bash), since without it, the ammount if -ricing- is pretty minimal.
I d say those are two massive, concrete gains!
There are even more gains, if a user downloads some other software, changes its settings, adds shortcuts etc !
Take XAMPP.
In order to configure/ customize/ uninstall it, one MUST learn where its folders are, and where its settings files are.
So ...no.
You are right in one regart - there may not be money involved, but honestly, if someone truly wants to learn linux, they need to start somewhere.
Playing with something, is a crucial stage in learning something
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Actually...you are wrong!
Adding many custom stuff - i.e. icons, pngs etc - requires navigating the folder structure.
Also, unlike windoze, you cant just copy/paste stuff everywhere, particularly in system areas ( the / part).
One -MUST- use the command line!
So, thats at least 2 big gains for the user:
Gain 1) Learning the folder structure of Linux (you cant make those customizations work otherwise, if you dont place your stuff where it must be!)
Gain 2) Learning to use the CLI (bash), since without it, the ammount if -ricing- is pretty minimal.
I d say those are two massive, concrete gains!
There are even more gains, if a user downloads some other software, changes its settings, adds shortcuts etc !
Take XAMPP.
In order to configure/ customize/ uninstall it, one MUST learn where its folders are, and where its settings files are.
So ...no.
You are right in one regart - there may not be money involved, but honestly, if someone truly wants to learn linux, they need to start somewhere.
Playing with something, is a crucial stage in learning something
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Lyks
A waste of time? Never understood that as well. If you have a good idea of what you want your workflow to be, why wouldn't wouldn't you try to tailor your environment exactly to those needs? It may take some time but it will pay off once you have found a good setup. Of course it can be fun experimenting but it's more than that. The defaults never feel quite right for me with anything. But then again why would they be? Even the best defaults can't magically guess the way someone likes to use a computer.
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A waste of time? Never understood that as well. If you have a good idea of what you want your workflow to be, why wouldn't wouldn't you try to tailor your environment exactly to those needs? It may take some time but it will pay off once you have found a good setup. Of course it can be fun experimenting but it's more than that. The defaults never feel quite right for me with anything. But then again why would they be? Even the best defaults can't magically guess the way someone likes to use a computer.
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it_industry
I have certianly fallen it to the pitfall of linux costumization. It is so fun and interesting that you can easly waste hours on it. And in some cases, because it is so fun I neglected more important work. If you are a programmer and program for living. Out of the box linux distros are good enough and I have not seen a lot of serious programmers ricing their desktop. They just work with the flow and get the job done. But overall, costumizing is one of the best hobibes if you want to learn.
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I have certianly fallen it to the pitfall of linux costumization. It is so fun and interesting that you can easly waste hours on it. And in some cases, because it is so fun I neglected more important work. If you are a programmer and program for living. Out of the box linux distros are good enough and I have not seen a lot of serious programmers ricing their desktop. They just work with the flow and get the job done. But overall, costumizing is one of the best hobibes if you want to learn.
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Antonio
I work on my computer 8 hours per day. I do my hobbies on my computer for at least 4 hours more. Having a pleasing desktop experience is pleasant, so I rice my desktop. Plus, I learned to exploit a lot of stuff that I wouldn't know otherwise, things like: pulseaudio, kernel interfaces for cpu, keepass api, etc. It's a fun hobby, it's aesthetically pleasing and it makes me more efficient while working, so definitively not a waste of time
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I work on my computer 8 hours per day. I do my hobbies on my computer for at least 4 hours more. Having a pleasing desktop experience is pleasant, so I rice my desktop. Plus, I learned to exploit a lot of stuff that I wouldn't know otherwise, things like: pulseaudio, kernel interfaces for cpu, keepass api, etc. It's a fun hobby, it's aesthetically pleasing and it makes me more efficient while working, so definitively not a waste of time
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IsusIpanienko
A comment on that -you gain nothing by learning a language that you will never use- take: As a professional software developer, I don't think any of these people actually know much about programming. I find that when I dive into a new programming language (the farther from the languages I already know, the better), I always learn some new concepts that deepen my understanding of software in general and make me a better programmer.
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A comment on that -you gain nothing by learning a language that you will never use- take: As a professional software developer, I don't think any of these people actually know much about programming. I find that when I dive into a new programming language (the farther from the languages I already know, the better), I always learn some new concepts that deepen my understanding of software in general and make me a better programmer.
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Heroe
To be honest I'm a dev and the comfort arch + i3wm is giving me is worth the few hours/days of configuration, same for your text editor, you tinker your config files for a day or two and then you benefit from it.
In my book that's the opposite from wasting time. And occasionally ricing the look of it isn't really a waste of time either, you're just polishing the look of something you're using 8 hours per day, that's pretty normal.
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To be honest I'm a dev and the comfort arch + i3wm is giving me is worth the few hours/days of configuration, same for your text editor, you tinker your config files for a day or two and then you benefit from it.
In my book that's the opposite from wasting time. And occasionally ricing the look of it isn't really a waste of time either, you're just polishing the look of something you're using 8 hours per day, that's pretty normal.
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Mus'Ab
I stopped using Linux because I kept spending too much time configuring my desktop and windows was the best workflow for me.
for example:
1. the drag and drop between file explorer and the desktop and the menu and the taskbar and the windows & minimized windows on the taskbar is seamless
2. no theme errors or UI flaws
3. you can customize it too
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I stopped using Linux because I kept spending too much time configuring my desktop and windows was the best workflow for me.
for example:
1. the drag and drop between file explorer and the desktop and the menu and the taskbar and the windows & minimized windows on the taskbar is seamless
2. no theme errors or UI flaws
3. you can customize it too
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Bobby
Lol this is the equivalence of putting flames on a car and expecting it to run better and go fast. No you're not learning anything other than maybe folder structure. Of course it's a waste of time, it's unproductive, most things that are fun are not productive. For the other 99% of people out there, playing video games also is a waste of time
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Lol this is the equivalence of putting flames on a car and expecting it to run better and go fast. No you're not learning anything other than maybe folder structure. Of course it's a waste of time, it's unproductive, most things that are fun are not productive. For the other 99% of people out there, playing video games also is a waste of time
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Giuseppe
How much time do people spend editing their character in a video game? Configuring Linux system I see as basically the same.. it's enjoyable, I'll always do it, jump around to different window managers to understand all of them better. Thank you so much for making this video to help people understand that configuring Linux is an art.
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How much time do people spend editing their character in a video game? Configuring Linux system I see as basically the same.. it's enjoyable, I'll always do it, jump around to different window managers to understand all of them better. Thank you so much for making this video to help people understand that configuring Linux is an art.
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Aela
I mean configuring your desktop is fun, but I prefer having it be great out of the box in case I decide to reinstall the operating system because I don't feel like copying the config files
that's why I use Gnome when I'm using Linux and that's also why I actually like Windows 11
...at least over any previous version of Windows
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I mean configuring your desktop is fun, but I prefer having it be great out of the box in case I decide to reinstall the operating system because I don't feel like copying the config files
that's why I use Gnome when I'm using Linux and that's also why I actually like Windows 11
...at least over any previous version of Windows
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