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    To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, the Documents config file/dir pisses me off the most as well!

    [–] pivot_root 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Game save data? No, my documents.
    Application config files? Again, my documents.
    Temporary documents I don't care about keeping? Downloads, duh.
    My actual documents? Desktop.
    My desktop? Turned icons off because it was too messy.

    Just another day using Windows...

    [–] Sanctus 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    I have to say I love having no desktop. Something about watching my coworkers become dependent on it is neurotic.

    [–] pivot_root 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    Agreed. It's much nicer to see your wallpaper than a mess of mismatched icons that may need to be occasionally clicked.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Same here. I don't need icons, just press Win and type in the program. I just gotta pray for Windows to not open Edge and search in Bing.

    [–] pivot_root 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    If you're using Windows, you can get a much better experience by ditching the Microsoft start menu entirely.

    Everything Search to index files and Flow Launcher for searching files and applications. You can even make it open when you press the windows key.

    Or if you still want a start menu, Start11 is worth paying for to get away from Microsoft's ad-ridden crapware they call the start menu. It even supports using Everything for showing file results.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

    Flow Launcher seems pretty cool. I'll try it out. Thanks!