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Article #1808Re: KDE v. Gnome
From: jedi
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00
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On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 20:39:35 +0100, Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <slrn70t0hg.34j.jedi@dementia.mishnet>, jedi@dementia.mishnet >writes >>>> The simple truth here is that most people do NOT use a computer simply >>>> to play with a nice OS. They use it as a tool to run their prefered >>>> applications many of which are commercial. >> >> A crap OS can rather get in the way of using those nice >> spiffy commercial applications and waste your time with >> system cleanup that one is simply not subjected to on >> more serious platforms. > >But Linux is NOT a crap OS. It is one of the most powerful and stable >operating systems available for microcomputer systems. I never said it was. -- Hardly. Microsoft has brought the microcomputer OS to the point where it is more bloated than even OSes from ||| what was previously larger classes of machines altogether. / | \ This is perhaps Bill's single greatest accomplishment. In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public From: jedi@dementia.mishnet () Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome Date: 1998/09/27 Message-ID: <slrn70t8ve.ub.jedi@dementia.mishnet> X-Deja-AN: 395412362 References: <6snt2s$rnk$1@news-2.news.gte.net> <slrn706f8l.qlf.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn708sck.3oh.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70amsk.6c3.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70b6md.33f.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <slrn70c61l.8uq.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <slrn70dq8b.b87.aa126@fan1.fan.nb.ca> <rzGN1.4173$F7.15421868@news.itd.umich.edu> <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <p5sohihlrc.fsf@baynetworks.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980923105630.13773B-100000@howard> <slrn70ic1k.97.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org> <6uc2pk$jh1$5@blue.hex.net> <873e9hret2.fsf@ivm.de> <6ufkfu$o96$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <87sohgzh44.fsf@ivm.de> <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com> <8LPpKAA7rWD2Ew$I@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <360E770C.5D306ACD@navix.net> <slrn70t0hg.34j.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <G0sX1AA3RpD2EwKu@dlsl.demon.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Trace: 906930196 PLBOPJC1P1FA118EAC usenet58.supernews.com Organization: http://www.supernews.com, The World's Usenet: Discussions Start Here Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss