Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!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: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need the greatest PC software available Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 12:20:51 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <6638465a$0$8092$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 18:20:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bed4c87b7953b1f97a1825ff03868b9e"; logging-data="3518909"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xZtrjc5E7AdjAdNpDyyte" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MXLPFsnTTgaq28LAKXGkbCphiTs= X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Slrn: Why use anything else? Bytes: 3050 Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On 2024-05-07 8:08 a.m., Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: >> >>> On Sun, 5 May 2024 22:54:19 -0400, DFS wrote in >>> <6638465a$0$8092$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>: >>> >>>> https://imgur.com/a/R0ARmN0 >>>> >>>> ALL the Linux "equivalents" are pure junk compared to this masterful >>>> Windows application. >>>> >>>> It's proprietary but free of cost for personal use. >>>> >>>> Along with other apps, the creator has worked on it since 1999. ONE >>>> competent, dedicated Windows developer puts to shame the entire universe >>>> of FOSS crapware developers that have tried to do what this guy does. >>>> >>>> Linux has a command (with the same name) that outputs TONS of info, but >>>> it's basically unreadable. The output is made for... I don't know who >>>> the intended audience is, but it's not regular users. >>>> >>>> This app is yet more PROOF that in a world where Windows exists, there's >>>> no reason to run Linux on your desktop. >> >> It doesn't prove squat, GUI-boi. > > You're mocking him for enjoying a GUI? What decade are you in? > < snip > The 2020's, where I can use vim, gnu autotools, meson, gcc/g++, clang/clang++, slrn, mutt, mpd + ncmpcpp, alsamixer, git, latex, ssh, and more in a terminal window. I do use gvim when I want edit two or more source-code files side by side. Use zathura to read PDFs. GIMP for photo-tweaking. Libreoffice for short how-tos. Conky for system info. GUI browsers mostly. And of course the sddm display manager and the fluxbox window manager. I'm not mocking him for enjoying a GUI, I'm mocking him for crowing like a fool about it, as if there's only one true way to us a computer. -- Q: How do you save a drowning lawyer? A: Throw him a rock.