Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?

From	Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why?
Date	2025-07-05 14:53 -0700
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On 7/5/25 14:37, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-07-05, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> In aircraft design, if there is a bug, the fleet may well be grounded
>> till its foxed.
>>
>> You can only do what you can do. But if software were simply revised to
>> clear out bugs it would be a lot more stable than adding superflous
>> features.
> 
> Yes, but then it wouldn't be shiny, let alone fashionable.
> In aircraft design, the goal is to not kill anybody.
> In consumer software, the goal is to sell as many copies
> as possible, as often as possible.  If there are bugs,
> you sell them a bug fix.  If the bug fix introduces more
> bugs, you sell them another bug fix.  Lather, rinse, repeat.
> 

	A clear advantage in FOSS where people are not really selling
software but offering the chance to support though donation the
continuing development of such.
	For commercial software sales are a necessity.

bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.07- Linux 6.12.35- Plasma 5.27.11

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Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-07-04 21:19 +0000
  Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-05 09:42 +0100
    Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-05 21:37 +0000
      Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-07-05 14:53 -0700
    Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-06 06:08 +0000

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