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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> 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.