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by herrkanin 1919 days ago
Realistically, the person who compiled this script file to make the OS behave exactly how they desire is very different from the kind of person who says "Linux is free only if you don't value your time".

Personally, I like to keep to the defaults and prefer to change my own workflow to match the OS designers' vision of how I should use a computer, rather than to try to bend the OS to my priors. I understand why this don't work for everyone, but it has made my life much easier.

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This! I just get used to the defaults. When I change computers, no extra work for me. Contrast my business partner, who spends 2 days loading and configuring each new computer.
Absolutely! I thought I was the only one who felt this way. I used to customise everything “back in the day” and then I’d change machine or have to use someone else’s - and all my muscle memory would be lost.

These days the only thing I customise is the “refactor” shortcut in IDEA because the Fn keys suck on MacOS.