Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us11.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=4T3bZAkm22G65ogAh`DK>LHWonT5<]0TMdjI?Uho:XeKlL51CP6LDLLZ1\1M:\WK>OZXj`7VO5lOIjldN6WDG45Bm:jjnnA4XYNl>VncnWDg^ECGm4YP8f00J X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net From: Joel Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the greatest PC software available Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 17:27:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <6638465a$0$8092$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663cbb0a$0$7181$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663cee09$1$3711188$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit OS: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, with Wine 9.0 for WinAPI Lines: 41 NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1715290061 reader.netnews.com 2363143 127.0.0.1:34613 Bytes: 3077 Andrzej Matuch wrote: >On Thu, 09 May 2024 15:10:11 +0000, candycanearter07 wrote: > >> I'll admit I did like WinAero. > >Yeah, Windows Vista had some nice stuff in there. I recall that it had >animated wallpapers that I liked a lot, and I was a fan of the widgets. >I'm not sure why they retired both. I can still get the former using the >AURA Wallpaper service on my computer, but I don't see why it can't be >standard on Windows 11. As for the widgets, I don't see why they were >removed. They worked, they looked right... I don't see what the problem >was. If Microsoft were not perpetually in the cycle of what is today 10 and 11 being in support, and soon 11 and 12, on and on, it might be possible for me to want their OS. But the pace of updating is too much even for me. Linux Mint doesn't give me that same feeling like there's an insidious occupier of my computer, that the baggage of Win's bloat makes one see as a never-ending, unnecessary sacrifice, to supposedly have access to the best system. I find Linux apps to entertain me more, ultimately, because it's about results. Audacious compared to Winamp is different but not lacking anything important. I couldn't justify keeping up with Windows, just for apps I can also get equivalents of under Linux. -- Joel W. Crump Amendment XIV Section 1. [...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.