My Ubuntu (Snapless) desktop system. I prefer a Mac-like interface overall, but I don’t want it to be EXACTLY like a Mac. I’ve used MacOS since it was known as NeXTSTEP, but I’d rather my Linux desktop have its own identity. I’m done with Macs, thanks to the lock-in and the overall direction that it’s been going. It seems they discontinue stuff on a whim these days.

I’m also calling out the Strawberry music player a little bit for not having a “dark mode,” which I prefer. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Strawberry; it’s my favorite music app on Linux and huge kudos to Jonas et. al. for the development work! I just wish it had a true “dark mode.”

My next build may be Debian-based, since it’s seen much improvement in the desktop space and I already run Debian 12 on my servers. It’s getting to be too much of a hassle to get rid of the stuff that I don’t want on Ubuntu…

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