I played around with docks quite long time on Linux and on every DE except Gnome the task bar with launchers is just more effective. Quite frankly Windows struck gold with W95 and no other setup works as well for a non-tiling WM as a task bar.
IMHO, of course.
Unix CLI vs Xfce GTk
I worked on a new palette for Terminal but need to see the consequences on others appsā¦
New icons and customized the terminal colors to match EndeavourOS. If I get motivated maybe iāll make a wallpaperā¦
kidding, very nice.
Wallpaper:
Could money motivate you?
Or is it enough to talk about 
?
LXDE + i3
Just a passing thought on all these (otherwise) beautiful desktops - there are an awful lot of close etc buttons on the right sideā¦ It seems out-of-character for linux users to slavishly follow a ārunning scaredā choice by Microsoft back in the day (they wanted to differentiate Windows from anything Mac could claim about copying at the time). Even then, they STILL had a close on the left, they just defaulted it to being āhiddenā in the menu over there. Normal, on the other hand (PARC, Motif, Amiga, even Mac) was to have them top left - presumably because so many of us read from left to right and top to bottom. Same reason my dock is on the left, panel on the top, and buttons on the leftā¦
As I said - just a thought - Iād post another example, but the files are too big 
Freebird54
Oh - never mind - hereā s one to see what I mean 
I think left/top is now hardwired in!
Freebird54
One of the first changes I made to my desktop when I started with Linux was to move the buttons to the left. I never used a Mac but it just made sense to me and seemed more efficient for how I used the mouse. Then I went tiling
REAL Linux pros donāt have titlebar icons.
Ahh - but you make no allowable for being an EX real linux pro! I gave up the text-only interface when I gave up Multics - and Motif could be persuaded to run on an ATI cardā¦
Actually I spent more time being an Amiga pro(grammer) where I had the joy of sliding screens of differing resolutions to mouse on or not
Anyway - now I find after a time of pounding away at code, I need to sit back and mouse my way through testing - or mines - as a breakā¦
BTW - Does this at least mean you stick to 4,5, or 6 speeds in your rides?
Freebird54
REALREAL Linux pros donāt have titlebars.
REALREALREAL Linux pros donāt have windows (not the OS).
The only car I have left is a 2015 Hyundai Elantra Sport. . . . 6speed 
Although, sometimes I truly hate it here in the traffic. It can be exhausting after a long day of work.
Iām still a newbbbb. GUI everything.
After 2 million miles of driving, I have learned a few tricks about that, and I usually find I have to do less than the people around me with their autoboxesā¦ leave a little extra room, and let engine compression provide your slowing. That way you mostly donāt even have to move your foot to the brake, let alone hit the clutch
Actually - the only advantage to all-electric cars is that many of them allow more one-foot driving by setting up the energy recovery from the brakes to a higher levelā¦
All in all, I would rather have the shifting than the boredom/inattention that autoboxes (and lane-keeping, and blind-spot monitoring (what blind spot) and auto-cruise andā¦) cause!
Freebird54
Here in LA, 2 million miles of driving would also take as many years. I can only ever go 15-45 mph basically ever.
Well, if I was commuting in LA, Iād probably stick to 2 wheels. After all, lane-splitting is fun - as long as you donāt p*&^ anybody off! A lot of those miles were built up in an 18-wheeler - and I carried a Suzuki GS1000-EN on the back frame so I could get around near LA (like Knottās Berry Farm, Disneyland, Orange County dragstrip, checking out customizers etc.)
Iāll have to admit that a lot of the miles were spent exceeding 45 mph!
Freebird54
How did you get that terminal color shift?
Iām having a problem using the OpenWeather extension. I canāt access the preferences to fix it. I know in debian I can fix with sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-prefs
But in Arch I couldnāt locate the package.
I just might have to remake this on my own background lol!
Install gnome-tweaks and you can acces it.
Mate
Maybe lolcat.