There's different forms of minimalism. Sure, a stock install of Windows 11 or MacOS ...

There's different forms of minimalism. Sure, a stock install of Windows 11 or MacOS or GNOME is one form - it's minimalist configuration. But is it the most intuitive for every single human, regardless of their accessibility needs or preferences or neurodivergent weirdnesses? No.

My dotfiles is definitely on the big side, but there's a story behind it.

The Debian install I run to this day originated on an HP Omnibook 2100. That thing had 4G of storage and 32M of memory. It was literally minimal. I've moved it from one laptop to another, but there's always something that needs a little hack here or there.

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""[…] There is only one correct metric that should be counted when dealing with software, and that is the user's cognitive load. […] If my Windows/Python/Notepad++ setup is more ubiquitous, understandable, intuitive and replicable than your obscure Arch/Hyprland build with its hundred painstakingly typed-out customizations for every single software in it, then my setup is better and more minimalist than yours. Full stop. […]""

https://self-rover.bearblog.dev/absurd-fallacies-of-minimalist-linux/

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Tomáš Janoušek on Nostr: There's different forms of minimalism. Sure, a stock install of Windows 11 or MacOS ...