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Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop
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Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop

The gist

UI/UX veteran Scott Jenson urged open-source projects to move past the WIMP desktop model.
The debate matters because desktop design choices affect every Linux and open-source user.

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 23, 2026LWN published "Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop" by jzb, syndicated from LWN.net, along with images including "Scott Jenson" and "Window manager widescreen demo".
  2. Sep 23, 2026A Lobsters submission of the LWN article, tagged design and posted by user lollipopman, drew 6 comments.
  3. Sep 24, 2026A Hacker News submission of the LWN article by signa11 reached 22 points and 8 comments.

Sources

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