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> if you use OpenBSD you will become a cynic because of bad documentation most places elsewhere.

I found it the other way around, I feel inspired to write better documentation.

> things like Bluetooth for some people (not me) may be a deal breaker.

I'm spoiled by Apple. It must either work really well, or otherwise indeed I won't mind it not being there.

> Bluetooth sound works perfectly.

What do you mean? The whole BT subsystem got rm -rf'd years ago. Or are you using some sort of a 2.4GHz dongle that just shows up as an audio interface?

> contrary to public opinion, very very helpful community.

Indeed, you just need to show you've done basic research before asking questions. Which goes a very long way in any case.

> I think I am a fanboy.

Oh me too. I've been using OpenBSD for 6-7 years, on & off, as my backup / "code in peace" machine. I absolutely love the base system and I think it does what it's supposed to do extremely well.

I have very mixed feelings about the state of the free desktop environments though, again, spoiled by Apple. So I tend to stick to minimalist solutions such as dwm. I could probably switch to OpenBSD full time any time, except I have plenty of non-free software I need or want to run. Between macOS and Windows, at least Macs are decent BSDs.

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pseudostem4y ago· 1 in thread

>Or are you using some sort of a 2.4GHz dongle that just shows up as an audio interface?

Yeah, stupid me never ever thought of that;-)

>So I tend to stick to minimalist solutions such as dwm.

I tried my hand at tiling WMs with pop!OS, I just couldn't wrap my hand around it (pun intended). I really admire people who work through all the keyboard shortcuts. It's just not for my capabilities.

rollcatOP4y ago

> I tried my hand at tiling WMs with pop!OS, I just couldn't wrap my hand around it (pun intended). I really admire people who work through all the keyboard shortcuts. It's just not for my capabilities.

I think Windows actually did a great job of making tiling more mainstream - the way windows automatically snap to the left/right half of the screen. macOS could use something like that - I've hacked something similar using Hammerspoon[1] but I think Windows does it better: it's very discoverable for regular users, and has a very intuitive shortcut for the power users (win+left/right/up).

The world of minimalist tiling WMs suffers from the elitism factor. It's a shame that you can't get the right dose of minimalism, without making this huge leap. I think people making most of these WMs misunderstand good UX design: it's not about accommodating non-power users, it's about lowering the barrier for everyone, hackers included.

[1]: https://github.com/rollcat/dotfiles/blob/master/.hammerspoon...

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