From: Farley Flud Subject: Re: Kewl. Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 Released Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc References: <187f87f9767214b8$43779$4031116$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10habf6$15qla$1@dont-email.me> <10hbejb$n003$1@news1.tnib.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 38 Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:35:01 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:35:01 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1522 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:702498 comp.os.linux.misc:78674 On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:30:19 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > > Thankfully we nowadays have computers that are so vastly powerful that... > ...simple video encoding or a math simulation can bring them to their knees. > > it doesn't matter how "fat" our desktops are. > It does matter to those who want to understand and control their machines. In spite of your proclamations to the contrary, the PC is a very simple machine and the GNU/Linux OS is equally simple. It does not require billions of lines of code to bestow an adequate functionality. > > You are an anonymous person who is still stuck in the 1990ies. > 1990s? Heck, I am stuck in the 1960s. That was a time when people did a lot more with a lot less. And that's still a good example to follow. -- Gentoo: the only road to GNU/Linux freedom and perfection.