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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Now I've done it
Date: 16 May 2025 19:21:50 GMT
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On Fri, 16 May 2025 08:46:36 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> On 2025-05-15 21:34, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 May 2025 16:35:51 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>> 
>>> There is no reason for Linux to be complicated. Making it simple for
>>> novices to learn it doesn't prevent people from using it in a
>>> needlessly complicated fashion should they choose to do so.
>> 
>> I certainly didn't need an excursion into udev rules earlier this week.
>> A couple of months ago I didn't need to learn the intricacies of
>> pipewire and its little friends. I'm not either novice nor a Linux guru
>> but I really don't like wading through that '90s style configuration
>> crap.
> 
> If Larry Pietraskiewicz had his way, people would be forced to go
> through that 90s style configuration crap all the time. Imagine needing
> to enter the horizontal and vertical refresh rate of your monitor every
> time you install Linux. It would be a pain in the ass, but that's how it
> used to be.

The first thing I do with a new machine is to set the mouse to left 
handed. Even that was a pain in the ass finding xorg.conf and then dealing 
with the obscure Pointer buttons.  Good old days my ass.