

does feel like Linux desktop environments like GNOME and Cinnamon got stuck in 2009 and never evolved past that
If you think desktops are way not shiny enough, you should see this hammer I have. I’ve had it for decades. It’s old. It’s still got the dumb wooden/metal layout that’s been common for a century or 5. It has no clock, no Ai, no Bluetooth. It’s a fucking relic.
Piece of stale shit, if you ask me.
And don’t get me started on this staedler pencil I have.





You found a solution and you are looking for a problem.
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