• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You need to edit a C header file used as a config file, and run make and use the resulting executable file. That hardly keeps out anyone.

    At the same time DWM is very convenient, and so was WMII.

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      3 days ago

      I know how to compile my own software, but I’m not gonna fucking do it. I’ll leave a comment where I can calling the devs lazy assholes (because they are) and move on with life, as will many others

      Because that’s unnecessary elitism, and it’s gross. Also, 1 step of extra work is bullshit and wastes human life for no fuckin reason

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        If you’ve seen suckless tools, the whole point is that they are rudimentary. DWM is one header file and one source code file of ~2k lines.

        It’s not lazy because having a config file wouldn’t add anything to using those things, and it’s not elitism or gross because it’s not hard for those who understand why’d they use suckless tools at all. It also contributes to atmosphere.

        FFS, please stop trying to press other people to do things your way, that’s what’s gross.

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        3 days ago

        Something having an X-Wing pic keeps out a lot of people too, cause not everyone likes Star Wars. What’s your point?

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      I don’t find it difficult, and have enjoyed sxmo on the PinePhone. I understand the suckless approach, but I do have to admit that many people that I know, even tech-savvy ones, probably would not want to rebuild to configure something.

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        2 days ago

        probably would not want to rebuild to configure something.

        It builds in a second. About DWM. It’s 2k lines of C code, all they do is basic functionality. It’s not some cumbersome process of setting up an environment, and then looking at running lines of compiler output as if you were some fscking Neo installing Gentoo.