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Re: GNU/Linux Greatware

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RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2018-10-24, proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:34:53 -0700, Snit wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/23/18 9:37 PM, owl wrote:
>>>> proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> wrote:
>>>>> On 23 Oct 2018 20:01:35 GMT, F. Russell wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> When discussing GNU/Linux, the term "software" is very inadequate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I propose using the term "greatware" when referring to GNU/Linux
>>>>>> projects.  In comparison to the alternative commercial junkware
>>>>>> and trashware that floods the market, GNU/Linux is composed only
>>>>>> of greatware.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> GNU/Linux is, beyond all doubt, Greatware.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hail Linux!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hail GNU and the FSF!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hail Stallman!
>>>>>
>>>>> Guess your last attempt at trolling didn't gain much traction so you are
>>>>> trying again.
>>>>> If you want to troll you need to become more inventive. How about
>>>>> explaining how word processors are crap and how you can use vi / emacs to
>>>>> perform the same tasks that a good Windows or OSX word processing program
>>>>> can?
>>>>> Make sure to demonstrate how it takes you 9 different programs to do it.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can start with embedding an image and then rotating it to any arbitrary
>>>>> angle, say 67 degrees.
>>>>>   
>>>> 
>>>> https://imgur.com/a/vqAbE2n
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Would love to see the work flow.
>>
>> Exactly.
>> Say he wants to produce a flyer for a garage sale, embed images in it,
>> rotate and edit the images and have the text flow around them. How many
>> programs will the Linux user need to perform that task and how well do they
>> integrate with each other.
>> I know this is trivial on a Mac.
>
> Here again, "Snit" and "Hadron" are rambling on about "workflow" when 
> neither of them would know what work was if bit them on the ass. For "Snit" 
> "workflow" has something to do with saving recipes in PDF format and 
> trolling Linux newsgroups, for "Hadron" it looks like it's exclusively 
> trolling Linux newsgroups.

Poor old wRonG. Workflow is a very important term and clever GUIs combine
many tweaks in predefined macros or scripts to facilitate common
workflows. You're almost as much of a turd as turdv. Your one redeeming
feature is you're not a libturd like turdv and Creepy Chris Linosuck.

-- 
chrisv alias turdv is a turd

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GNU/Linux Greatware "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-23 20:01 +0000
  Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-23 13:33 -0700
    Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-23 18:30 -0700
      Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-23 22:58 -0700
  Re: GNU/Linux Greatware proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> - 2018-10-23 18:47 -0400
    Re: GNU/Linux Greatware owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-10-24 04:37 +0000
      Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-23 21:55 -0700
      Re: GNU/Linux Greatware proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> - 2018-10-24 10:33 -0400
        Re: GNU/Linux Greatware owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-10-24 15:04 +0000
      Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 08:34 -0700
        Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 09:51 -0700
        Re: GNU/Linux Greatware proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> - 2018-10-24 13:14 -0400
          Re: GNU/Linux Greatware owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-10-24 17:53 +0000
            Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 18:42 -0700
          Re: GNU/Linux Greatware RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 20:03 +0000
            Re: GNU/Linux Greatware proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> - 2018-10-24 17:42 -0400
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 15:03 -0700
                Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 16:53 -0700
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-10-24 20:12 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux Greatware proletariat <myemailisaol@defunct.org> - 2018-10-24 20:25 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux Greatware SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-10-24 20:32 -0400
                Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 18:49 -0700
            Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2018-10-25 00:30 +0200
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 16:52 -0700
                Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 17:24 -0700
            Re: GNU/Linux Greatware "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-10-24 23:10 +0000
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2018-10-25 01:29 +0200
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 16:37 -0700
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 16:51 -0700
            Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 18:30 -0700
              Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 18:43 -0700
          Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-10-24 18:44 -0700
  Re: GNU/Linux Greatware Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-10-23 17:13 -0700
  The CORRECT term is Software, Fuck Tard! Simon bar Sinister <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 09:26 -0700

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