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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Ahlstrom Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ). Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 13:56:57 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: <99253jp12e1cppj2940cpkpl0cbg1og25i@4ax.com> <8ce53j11p4ik1vvjt4tr5cod0ikd90jor8@4ax.com> <6634d31c$0$6437$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663b88b0$2$1258325$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663ba28b$0$7059$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663e926a$0$7077$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663f5bde$0$2422128$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 19:56:58 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="23d67a72ed03a67c2297773ab515ddf5"; logging-data="2280744"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+YSnIHVP/QHbWgc36aKgqi" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:UgSeQHPQQM/lJep7QwfsQmTmGw8= X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 3706 Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On Sat, 11 May 2024 07:25:15 +0000, RonB wrote: > >> On 2024-05-10, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 May 2024 16:33:51 +0000, RonB wrote: >>> >>>> On 2024-05-09, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>>>> Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2024-05-08 6:06 p.m., rbowman wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, 8 May 2024 12:04:28 -0400, DFS wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> At least Windows doesn't display non-working app menu items, as >>>>>>>> Linux used to do a LOT. Click them and nothing happens. >>>>>>>> Resolving them was FAR more troublesome than the Registry fix I >>>>>>>> showed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When was 'used to do'? 1998? >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually, DFS showed this to be the case recently, and many times >>>>>> over the last few years. This is not an old problem; it's a problem >>>>>> Linux distributions have yet to iron out. The lack of polish is very >>>>>> noticeable. >>>>> >>>>> Name the offending apps, please. >>>> >>>> In other words, they don't look like Windows' apps. >>>> >>>> That's all surface. More of DFS' GUI obsession. >>> >>> It's not a matter of looking like Windows apps; it's that they often >>> look like something made by a blind 12-year-old. They ARE often ugly, >>> and there is really no denying that. However, they _do_ the job, and >>> that's what they should be evaluated on. >> >> I'm denying that they're ugly. What applications are you talking about? >> Maybe it's only the ones I don't use. > > I already mentioned a few to Chris Ahlstrom like Calibre, GIMP and > Handbrake. Since I'm not using the system at this moment, I can't come up > with more yet. I still disagree about GIMP, though. Not ugly, just complex. -- If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -- J.R.R. Tolkien