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Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency

From vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency
Date 2018-05-08 19:50 +0000
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On Tue, 08 May 2018 11:24:21 -0700, Snit wrote:

> On 5/8/18 9:18 AM, Snit wrote:
>> <https://goo.gl/ZSWbc9> Ezee Linux on Facebook
>>      -----
>>      I just spent a rather frustrating morning trying to figure out
>>      how to get QT applications and GTK applications to look like
>>      they belong together on Ubuntu 18.04 with the GNOME and Unity
>>      desktops... I’d like to find a new-user friendly way of doing
>>      it but it eludes me. I’ve followed a bunch of suggestions in
>>      forums but none has worked satisfactorily. I know it is
>>      possible because Linux Mint, Ubuntu MATE and any distribution
>>      running the KDE Plasma desktop come with everything setup to
>>      look right. KDE offers separate controls for QT and QTK so you
>>      can really dial it in while GNOME offers nothing and Ubuntu
>>      didn’t bother to try to address the issue downstream. Some
>>      folks don’t care, of course, but it’s a real bummer to me.
>>      Your thoughts?
>>      -----
>> 
>> The post is good to see... the comments very telling. While there are
>> some who do not care / do not see the benefit, there are a lot of Linux
>> users who are calling for this.
>> 
>> 
> One post today about Linux.
> 
> NONE of the "advocates" respond. Interesting.

Probably because people work for a living, rather than camp out and 
concern-troll a newsgroup.

My Windows gaming desktop at home is just as inconsistent -- a lot of the 
apps do their own thing.  Big woop.

-- 
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Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-08 09:18 -0700
  Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-08 11:24 -0700
    Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2018-05-08 19:50 +0000
      Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-08 13:00 -0700
      Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-05-08 13:01 -0700
        Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-08 13:08 -0700
          Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-05-08 13:43 -0700
            Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-08 14:00 -0700
              Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-05-08 14:21 -0700
      Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Doomsdrzej <.m@nsn.s> - 2018-05-08 17:21 -0400
        Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-08 14:48 -0700
      Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-05-10 20:23 +0000
        Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-10 13:33 -0700
        Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-05-11 07:15 -0500
          Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Doomsdrzej <.m@nsn.s> - 2018-05-11 11:20 -0400
            Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-05-11 09:08 -0700
          Re: Linux advocates speak more about the need for consistency Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-05-11 08:39 -0700

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