My personal machine boots to an oldschool console, and then nothing. The GUI environment starts with a blank background, a mouse pointer, and nothing else. And I am, regrettably, thinking about this a lot these days:

https://mastodon.well.com/@rk/114733356168981428

rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually (@rk@well.com)

Content warning: Nazi bullshit, software

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@mhoye To me, there's some tension here about the social and regulatory nature of technology. On the other hand, I know plenty progressive and queer people who definitely like low-level stuff and minimalism.