(06-11-2020, 03:26 PM)jkl Wrote: Hmm. But if the old problem of limited resources is already enough reason to "play", wouldn't it be adequate to try to work with a computer with as few ressources as possible?

This... yes, I think this is more or less where my remaining fun is: writing code that aims at stopping wasting resources. Because I think OSes nowadays just work on the idea of wasting resources (overcommit anyone?) being normal rather than the exception.
I personally have fun trying to push my system to use as less resources as possible, not in having as much graphical gadgets as possible on screen, which I must confess have never thought about as being "fun".

Now, I don't say those should be forbidden. If people wrote them, it's because they interest those people at least, and if they share the code, hey, why not? But now, I would not include them in a distro I'd build. Not because of productivity: otherwise, I'd just keep going with mainstream, since "productivity" usually "rhymes" with "immediately". Just because, well, *my* fun is toward minimalism and stuff I can maintain and repair all by myself. And the more code there is, the less likely I'll be able to maintain stuff by myself.