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Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug?

From Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug?
Date 2015-03-21 16:45 +0100
Organization albasani.net
Message-ID <20150321164534.7dcdb5cf@maxa-pc> (permalink)
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On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:31:14 -0400
"Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:

> 
> "Melzzzzz" <mel@zzzzz.com> wrote in message 
> news:20150321162124.10bb0bc4@maxa-pc...
> > On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:58:24 -0400
> > "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> >> > Linux system is not busy while launching application.
> >> >> > That's remnant from single task DOS shell...
> >> >>
> >> >> It's not just launching applications when the system is busy.
> >> >> Loading an app is just one of those cases.
> >> >
> >> > Again Linux , unlike Windows is multitasking OS...
> >> > There is no notion of "system is busy you can't do anything
> >> > else"...
> >>
> >> Nobody said you can't do anything else. That's your strawman.
> >>
> >> Breaking news for you... Windows is also a multitasking OS.
> >
> > So what's the point of glass clock?
> 
> The exact same point of having a busy cursor on Linux.

Busy cursor on my installation is application specific.
That is - when some application is busy it shows.

> 
> 
> >> And yes, there is a notion of a Linux system being busy. Busy
> >> doesn't mean can't do anything else.
> >>
> >
> > Since when?
> 
> Since always. Busy means that the system is busy doing something. It
> doesn't mean that it can't also do another task. That's what
> "multi-tasking" means. And it's why Linux also has a "busy cursor."

Nope. Busy cursor have purpose - that is, to show that app is
busy, not system.


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Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-20 19:07 -0400
  Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 00:12 +0100
    Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-20 19:25 -0400
      Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 00:46 +0100
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-20 20:25 -0400
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 03:33 +0000
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-20 21:35 -0700
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:28 -0600
              Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-21 23:52 -0700
          Can some troll who knows him  whup Doofus upside the head? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 06:47 -0400
            Re: Can some troll who knows him  whup Doofus upside the head? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:28 -0600
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:27 -0600
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:27 -0600
    DFS scores an own-goal Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 06:42 -0400
      Re: DFS scores an own-goal William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-21 12:30 +0000
        Re: DFS scores an own-goal GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:26 -0600
          Re: DFS scores an own-goal owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-22 23:04 +0000
      Re: DFS scores an own-goal ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 12:39 +0000
        Re: DFS scores an own-goal GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:25 -0600
      Re: DFS scores an own-goal Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 11:15 -0700
        Re: DFS scores an own-goal GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:24 -0600
      Re: DFS scores an own-goal JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-21 15:39 -0500
        Re: DFS scores an own-goal Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:17 -0700
          Re: DFS scores an own-goal JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-03-23 09:55 -0500
            Re: DFS scores an own-goal vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-03-23 16:49 -0700
            Re: DFS scores an own-goal Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 12:47 -0700
        Re: DFS scores an own-goal "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-22 09:46 -0400
  Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 09:30 -0400
    Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 15:18 +0100
      Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 10:35 -0400
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 15:51 +0100
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 10:58 -0400
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 16:21 +0100
              Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 11:31 -0400
                Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 16:45 +0100
                Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 11:56 -0400
                Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-03-21 16:09 +0000
                Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:23 -0600
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 12:19 -0400
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-21 12:40 -0400
              Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 12:48 -0400
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-21 10:08 -0700
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:25 +0000
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:23 +0000
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 15:52 -0400
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-23 20:38 -0400
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-24 10:25 -0400
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 18:02 +0100
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-21 13:36 -0400
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 20:40 +0100
              Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-03-22 08:48 -0400
      Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-21 12:43 -0400
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-03-21 17:58 +0100
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2015-03-21 18:12 +0000
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-03-21 14:33 -0400
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-21 18:09 -0400
            Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-22 10:11 -0400
              Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-22 11:36 -0400
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-21 18:21 +0100
          Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-21 14:48 -0400
        Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-21 15:09 -0400
        Most everyone here is running old software/hardware. Jeff-Relf.Me <@.> - 2015-03-26 19:56 -0700
      Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-03-21 13:17 -0600
      Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2015-03-21 19:22 +0000
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  Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-22 09:18 -0700
    Re: Can someone with a Top Goal To Improve Desktop Linux report a bug? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-22 22:49 -0400
      Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-23 17:14 -0700
        Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-23 20:24 -0400
          Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-24 05:04 +0000
            Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-24 08:32 -0400
              Re: Next time, Kindly take the marbles out of your mouth before spouting of owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-24 16:18 +0000

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