mutteripannuMay 21
Can I ask a stupid Linux question… Please bear with me… I’m using Mint (Also tried Ubuntu before) so I don’t know if it’s the same with every distro… but why is every setting and every little functionality it’s own ”app”? Why aren’t these ”compiled” into larger, coherent wholes? For someone whose first instinct when setting up a new computer is to delete every unnecessary thing, I feel a bit triggered by all these myriad little apps that do one thing. #Linux #LinuxMint #Noob
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@mutteripannu It is Unix philosophy. Comes with lots of benefits, but not optimal in every sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy

Unix philosophy - Wikipedia

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@vrntnn Thank you - Also to @nikopoikulainen who referred to the same philosophy in his answer. It takes a bit of getting used to I must say, but I understand the sentiment!
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@mutteripannu @nikopoikulainen I personally find the Apple logic on MacOS and e.g. Samsung logic on Android very challenging. The idea of combining all the settings in a dedicated location is good, but implementation far from what I see as logical.
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@vrntnn @nikopoikulainen Well Android I find very confusing, being used to Apple I’m probably (very likely) biased to say it’s far more logical, but lately I must admit that some things are not where I’d expect them to be.