Path: ...!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: This FOSS Thang :-) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:29:26 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: OFeem1987@teleworm.us Injection-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:29:27 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="07de6b6193814686aa2f083043051728"; logging-data="542763"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+WVAIfMQGR3XSgTv+LX5/m" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:UYVtv+Kr+vx8vp4Y4TrayF2yPf0= X-Slrn: Why use anything else? X-User-Agent: Microsoft Outl00k, Usenet K00k Editions X-Mutt: The most widely-used MUA Bytes: 1961 -hh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > On 3/11/24 7:25 PM, Joel wrote: >> >> I use Edge as a third browser under Linux, actually, it's not like I >> care about M$ software, having some philosophical need to purge it, >> it's specifically what is currently Win11, the bloat. But Edge under >> Linux is what I view my Hotmail/Outlook email with, and serves as a >> third browser with regard to logging in to a site on behalf of someone >> who visits me. > > The funny thing about 'bloat' is that it isn't necessarily a bad thing. Well, there's bloat due to good practise and there's bloat due to bad practise... Cue Windows. My gawd, GIMP on Linux is a second or two for the launch. On Windows it is that time just to know that your click worked. -- October 12, the Discovery. It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"