this is how linux would look like if it were more user friendly!!
from adrianhooves@lemmy.today to linux@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 19:20
https://lemmy.today/post/26117152

i know that linux depends on desktop environments to display things such as icons, mouse cursors, etc. but this time i’m using xfce and modifying a bit so that it looks bigger and has bigger icons and two huge panels!! this is made for elderly people and visually impaired people.

i think this has already been made by gnome and xfce has a lot of accessibility options, but i think there should be a desktop environment that is very user friendly, extremely user friendly, like gnome but way easier!! kind of like “sugar”, the desktop environment used by the old “olpc xo-1” laptop, but for all ages.

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Telorand@reddthat.com on 23 Mar 19:23 next collapse

Alright, go out and make it, then. Nobody is stopping you.

adrianhooves@lemmy.today on 23 Mar 19:45 collapse

thank you!! i’ll make it with python!! and a fork of xfce

Telorand@reddthat.com on 23 Mar 20:21 next collapse

This is the way. I sincerely wish you luck! That’s how good stuff gets started.

eric5949@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 20:48 next collapse

If you’re gonna work on it yourself I can’t really knock you there, best of luck.

MrSoup@lemmy.zip on 24 Mar 00:39 collapse

Share repo link.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 19:31 next collapse

Small screen?

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 19:35 next collapse

Btw, XFCE on my dad’s workstation has bigger text and normal sized icons. Everyone has different opinions on what “user friendly” is.

adrianhooves@lemmy.today on 23 Mar 19:46 collapse

user friendly is big icons for visually impaired and it looks clean too!! and big font

Robin@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 08:40 collapse

I guess we should also force everyone to use wheelchairs because they are great for paraplegics.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 19:35 next collapse

I think Elementary OS does what you suggest (Pantheon DE). It’s very focused on simplicity and accessibility.

[deleted] on 23 Mar 20:40 next collapse

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elidoz@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 20:44 next collapse

glorpi background nice!

wwwgem@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 22:08 next collapse

In your efforts of developing a new desktop, I’d suggest to look around for already existing Linux desktops focused on visually impaired users. While they may go beyond what you’re suggesting in your post (screen reader, text speech, braille output…) you may still get some inspiration from them.

lattrommi@lemmy.ml on 23 Mar 23:39 next collapse

That layout is very similar to my own although I’m using KDE. I’d share a screenshot but it would be hard to see since I’m using 3 monitors and one is an ultrawide, plus 4 virtual desktops, so screenshots don’t do it any justice.

ramenu@lemmy.ml on 24 Mar 01:07 next collapse

Why so many downvotes lol

semperverus@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 01:14 collapse

Gnomelets BTFO by chad KDE screenshots

MrSoup@lemmy.zip on 24 Mar 01:55 next collapse

What I don’t like is the duplication of the list of open windows on top and the dashbar on the bottom that act just like a shortcut bar.

Unified would be way more intuitive.

Try latte.

onlinepersona@programming.dev on 24 Mar 08:12 collapse

That just looks like an Apple clone. Why do people think that’s “user friendly”?

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