Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What Window Manager/Desktop Environment do you use, and why? Date: 13 Jul 2025 04:50:30 GMT Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <20250612083705.000061fc@gmail.com> <102fi1k$2u1dt$4@dont-email.me> <20250612161731.00003f61@gmail.com> <102funf$3149j$4@dont-email.me> <20250620103703.00004ee7@gmail.com> <1035m0l$u0ib$5@dont-email.me> <20250623142902.00001ef8@gmail.com> <103cqjq$1ip4g$7@dont-email.me> <20250701141023.00003c97@gmail.com> <1041t1s$349i3$3@dont-email.me> <10421sd$35564$4@dont-email.me> <1042qem$3dil1$1@dont-email.me> <1044eug$3p5ha$3@dont-email.me> <104as16$1d2v4$3@dont-email.me> <6868fbb4$0$11443$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <104au7q$1dse1$1@dont-email.me> <104bg1e$1igkp$1@dont-email.me> <104davd$220mr$4@dont-email.me> <686a51b6$0$8598$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <104ed5k$29dh6$1@dont-email.me> <68716003$0$423$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <104uk4q$276dl$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /NYR7Mep9WwbVcIBLSBY6gHsm7jmmrnbEqke2SfCXFzXE7CDjZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:J0ndGvDPAfF5+oD8ZtcUHwjEm0M= sha256:qIfIr7A6e0gRvydneZy1NhCo/E3wlHuajVcF24stehw= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69532 On Sat, 12 Jul 2025 14:30:02 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > Yes that is true. I do not like that but I like Amazon's behavior > less.> Amazon is sort of the business I love to hate... Over the past 30 years we've gotten more big box stores. Prior to that if you wanted anything out of the ordinary you drove to Spokane. Even with them the selection is limited in a small (100,000+) market. RatShack wasn't much but not there is no source for electronics. I prefer New Balance shoes in non-garish colors and I've sometimes failed to find any in my size. Hello Amazon! The best example is when I bought a Toyota Yaris in 2007. It was a new model and didn't have a radio. I went to the leading sound people in town. They didn't have a dash kit and had to order it. Days passed and when the shipment came in from their supplier, no dash kit. They tried another supplier. Most days passed and again no kit. They said they could possibly modify one. I got the Metra number from the Yaris forum, ordered the kit, a radio, and the harness adapter from Amazon and it was on my deck in two days. I installed it in an hour. Even more ridiculous during covid cat food was in short supply in the local stores. I ordered a case of 40 cans of Purina from Amazon with again the same fast delivery. I put it on a subscription so the cats are happy to see an Amazon truck roll up. Back around 2000 when Amazon was mostly books and CDs I had very mixed success, particularly with the CDs. They often advertised items the didn't have and couldn't get so weeks would pass before they canceled the order. At that time I mostly used B&N. Amazon has come a long way particularly considering the many online schemes that failed after dotcom. Walmart is another success but I rarely go there because of the quality of a lot of their stuff. I used to wear Herman Survivors boots. The company went through several hands and Walmart finally bought the trademark. They're now cheap Chinese crap. Other name brands have special Walmart SKUs that are made to a price.