Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released

From	Gremlin <nobody@haph.org>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released
Date	2026-02-10 03:37 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
news:pan$1edb7$c7cd84af$ca259fb5$ad601f48@linux.rocks Wed, 10 Dec 2025
12:18:30 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote: 

> On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:16:26 -0500, c186282 wrote:
> 
>> 
>>    The tech may be dead ... but the PERSPECTIVE
>>    lives on, for good reason.
>>
> 
> Lives on?  I am not so sure.
> 
> "Keep it simple, stupid" should be the GNU/Linux mantra
> but that philosophy seems quite foreign to both users and
> developers alike.

The KISS principle. I tend to follow it when writing code as well as when
designing gear. 

> Of course, the plebes will neither notice nor care.
> They will keep on pointing and clicking within their
> glitzy DEs while sipping their "Super Water" (at $20
> per pint) and basking in their $800 Chinese sneakers.
> Who needs dope when there is delusion?

I have no issues with CLI - I grew up on CLI based systems. That said, I
don't have a problem with DE either. I especially liked KDE for all the
eye candy. XFCE is okay, but it's not KDE. Dolphin is a much better file
manager than Thunar, imo. 



-- 
Liar, lawyer; mirror show me, what's the difference?
Kangaroo done hung
the guilty with the innocent
Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the
difference?
Kangaroo be stoned. He's guilty as the government

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Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2026-02-10 03:37 +0000
  Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-10 04:35 +0000
    Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-10 11:41 +0100
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                Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-12 00:03 +0000
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          Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-10 22:51 -0500
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              Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-11 21:05 +0000
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                Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-12 04:15 +0000
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