by boxes I just mean, linux computers for those who just use a browser to go on the internet. Those users, they don’t have to adopt the Linux philosophy.

But for people who are actively coming to linux, I wish they would come with an appreciation for the ethos of FOSS.

I’m flattered you think I have something of value to say, but what I’ve learned in life is that you can’t convince people of anything unless they want to be convinced. And ego plays a big role in that.

If you go and even imply to someone, “you’re using computers wrong,” or “there is a better way,” depending on their relationship with you, their ego will kick in: what is this guy talking about, I’ve been using computers for x years and I have it do everything I want it to. Just nod along

I don’t want usage adoption; I want philosophical adoption which will lead to usage adoption.

I want users to appreciate that they own their software. I want them to realize the importance of being able to inspect and use your software as you see fit (within reason).

I want people to realize the dangers of walled gardens, and opaque black boxes that are doing who knows what.

I hope that makes sense; I get confused and worried when people just push adoption. I’d rather people migrate because they believe in FOSS, and then setup linux boxes for their non-tech family members as a means of protecting them.

I have a lot to say on this…but the words just aren’t coming out right now. I guess I need to get in the right frame of mind.

So the current Flickr image I see…it looks to be the wrong resolution. It’s a 4:3 image that gets stretched out on the desktop and the result isn’t good.

The iamges on Flickr whenever I’ve looked at it as a source, are always disappointing.

I’m running Endeavour OS. Interestingly I just did a fresh install on a machine the other day, but again, I don’t see the theme anywhere.

Some first reaction feedback:

It’s good but there are two things taht I don’t like.

1.) It uses Breeze system tray icons that I am not a fan of at all; they look very outdated, not fun, boring, and its a smidge hard to get information out of them.

2.) Again in Dolphin, it uses the Breeze icons in the Places tab. I really don’t like those minimal icons; there’s no fun pop color, while at the same time looking modern (ala Kora).

Just to give you an idea of what I mean by non-perfect icons.

I think the overall culprit in Plasma, and as evidenced here, is that I feel Breeze is a really bad icon theme. And a lot of people use that as a starting point…which leads to unsatisfactory results.

How do you get the Oxygen theme?

I went to global themes, and I can’t find it in there.