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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 months agoActually, Windows does allow you to use an alternate “compositor”— a feature which is used quite frequently in the industrial/embedded space. Windows calls them “custom shells”. The default is Explorer, but it can be set to any executable. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/customize/shell-launcher
minus-square@LinusSexTipslink1•6 months agoOh man, brings me back to blackbox / xoblite on my old XP machine. I remember using notepad to change the config files, no auto formatting or error checking. Had no idea what I wanted out of it but I loved the minimal aesthetic.
Actually, Windows does allow you to use an alternate “compositor”— a feature which is used quite frequently in the industrial/embedded space. Windows calls them “custom shells”. The default is Explorer, but it can be set to any executable.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/customize/shell-launcher
Oh man, brings me back to blackbox / xoblite on my old XP machine.
I remember using notepad to change the config files, no auto formatting or error checking.
Had no idea what I wanted out of it but I loved the minimal aesthetic.