Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 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, 9 May 2024 15:10:11 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <6638465a$0$8092$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <663cbb0a$0$7181$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 17:10:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="66a87544313f6736c2791b88dd146fc2"; logging-data="771823"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UD5VqbolAZiG2uC4tUAEpIShcmk77aTvDCdpCFJ72FA==" User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.4-9 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:voUdsAupFqG3fYCeuDryiwot2EU= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 12:01 this Thursday (GMT): > On Thu, 09 May 2024 06:47:55 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Wed, 8 May 2024 08:27:04 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote: >> >>> I think the most common complaint of people using Linux CLI or GUI >>> tools is that they look dated. >> >> Are they taking Microsoft, of all people, as arbiters of good taste? > > There are definitely more people out there who are fans of the Microsoft > aesthetics than there are people who appreciate the dated interfaces of > open-source software. All of them will admit that the "ugly" software > still does the job, but it appears that the way a program looks is as > important as whether it completes the task. I'll admit I did like WinAero. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom