Linux Market Share Reaches New Peak: July 2024 Report

OSTechnix ^ | 20 August 2024 | Sk

[Openurmind]

“I know you are looking for specific customizations for your key combinations that you have been unsuccessful in finding on Linux.”

Except these key combinations are available on linux, and I have linked him to instructionals several times. And since he is so hot on 3rd party apps here is a GUI mapping app for Linux.

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/12/remap-keyboard-and-mouse-buttons-on.html

“However that does not negate the ease and breadth (greater than Windows) of customization overall.”

Absolutely, right down to the very code line customization if you like. There is not one thing you cannot customize in Linux. WITHOUT any 3rd party apps other than an editor. For the average normal user all the boxed default tools and apps are plenty MORE THAN ENOUGH.

daniel1212 and I have been over this many many times. And I respect him very very much and appreciate all his great knowledge of windows he shares with everyone, it is priceless. But he judges from the stance of an extreme super power user and one of that 2% who has such an extreme fetish and addiction for baubles, bangles, and window dressing. He still has trouble putting himself in the shoes of the average user who is never ever going to need or use all those tons and tons of detailed personal customizations.

And it is not fair at all to judge Linux from that extreme of a position and convince folks it is not a good as windows just because HE cannot personally satisfy his own extreme power user fetishes. He just cannot separate his own extreme needs as a super power user from the needs of a normal average user. They just cannot be judged the same at all and I really wish he would take into consideration the needs of the normal average user rather than just his own very very extreme needs as a super power user.

While most just want a nice car to drive, daniel1212 personally wants a rocket ship and thinks everyone else should have a rocket ship too. Linux is a fine and great car to drive. Very few want to build a rocket ship let alone fly one like daniel1212 does.

[daniel1212]

Want to quickly copy and paste? Remapp CapsLock (via AutoHotKey) to ctrl+c (copy) along with the Esc key to ctrl+v, (paste) and NumLock to Esc (I do not play games), and the middle mouse key to ctrl+x (cut).

Except these key combinations are available on linux, and I have linked him to instructionals several times. And since he is so hot on 3rd party apps here is a GUI mapping app for Linux. https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/12/remap-keyboard-and-mouse-buttons-on.html

I do not recall you ever linking to anything as above that was not complicated and guaranteed to work on any major distro, past sessions, which alone is essential for me with my stiff arthritic typo-fingers and frequent copy and paste operations.

And I was speaking from my frustrations with trying to find this ability, past sessions, from a few years ago, with "try this" suggestions that did not work. I appreciate that ShadowAce tried to help years ago, and suggested looking into setxkbmap.

Over the years past I think i found one suggestion that did work, at least on Fedora on a current session, but key remapping is only one issue. None are as easy as installing AutoHotKey to start with Windows and add 4 lines to a script.

But thanks for https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/12/remap-keyboard-and-mouse-buttons-on.html. What does it mean when it says, "The application does not support binding commands or scripts to keyboard or mouse buttons" and thus directs to other input remap utilities

There is not one thing you cannot customize in Linux.

Sure, if you spend the time and energy to read enough documentation, search enough forums, ask questions that are not answered with censure for trying to make Linux like the loathed Windows (who would want to do that?!) Why not a utility that enables over 200 tweaks (as w/ Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5, etc.)? Security? Never had an issue with such tested free software as a single user and who seeks to keep an eye on things, by the grace of God.

But he judges from the stance of an extreme super power user and one of that 2% who has such an extreme fetish and addiction for baubles, bangles, and window dressing.

Actually, rather than mere "baubles and bangles," I am mainly referring to increased efficiency, which besides quickly doing what you want to do and getting where you want to go amidst multitudes of open folders and programs, includes compact menus to which one can add items to,

I do not know why both Windows and Linux distros even think spaced out application menus should be default.

vs.

And as said, my posts are partly a reaction to Windows being denigrated by Linux promoters, exalting the latter, with its multitudinous versions, when very few Windows users know of - or care to - customization of Windows. Which includes changing some "improvement" MS autocratically foists upon users, or default behavior, but few actually search for solutions. I have a folder with safe registry scripts as a result.

While most just want a nice car to drive, daniel1212 personally wants a rocket ship and thinks everyone else should have a rocket ship too.

Wrong analogy. daniel1212 personally wants an equipped utility truck, with quick easy access to tools, and thinks everyone can have one too if they are already have the hardware with windows.

Yet as said, if MS continues to go in the restrictive trajectory post 36 indicates, then, if adopting Linux and customizing it may warrant the time and energy to do it, if I have this in my 70's.

Meanwhile, my old, but quite capable PC, is used daily by brother Jeff, running Mint, but just Internet and email.

Thank God for all, and for your help.

[ShadowAce]

I'm not sure I ever suggested this package, but you may want to try xkeycaps.

It's a GUI for xmodmap, so that should help.

Development stopped in 2000, but it's a very mature product, and it works as designed.

[daniel1212]

I'm not sure I ever suggested this package, but you may want to try xkeycaps. It's a GUI for xmodmap, so that should help. Development stopped in 2000, but it's a very mature product, and it works as designed.

Thanks for the link to that page. Needs studying, and I will save it for the future.

[bobcat62]

Across the desktop market, you have Linux chipping away at the low end of the market & Apple chipping away the high end of the market.

If Linux developers were capable of producing a single desktop environment, you’d see higher gains for Linux.

[ShadowAce]

If Linux developers were capable of producing a single desktop environment, you’d see higher gains for Linux.

1. Linux is an OS. It's not a desktop environment. The DE runs on top of the OS.
2. Linux is known for being able to conform itself to the user's way of doing things--not the other way around. One DE would destroy that, and drive away a lot of users.

[bobcat62]

I’ve been working on Unix systems since X10 was in vogue. Before Linus made his first release of Linux. I know what Linux is.

The problem is normies want a single DE with applications. Those flexible DEs will stunt Linux growth on the desktop.

There’s an additional problem: The growth of far-left politics into open source projects. We’d both be banned from contributing to many open source projects because we post here on FR.

[ShadowAce]

Before Linus made his first release of Linux. I know what Linux is.

OK. Why did you want "linux developers" to be working on desktop environment(s), then? They don't touch the DE.

Also, how do you propose they limit it? You can't stop applications from running.