Inspired by commends of a “forever desktop” here, analogous to a “forever home”, I wanted to share some thoughts on my “forever desktop”. (What year is it again?) The exact software that powers my desktop will inevitably change, but my principles won’t. (But if you are asking, it is Regolith, which is an opinionated i3 setup combined with gnome desktop services.) The Evolution of Desktop Environments I’m old enough to have experienced the transition from MS-DOS onward, and the...