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Subject: Re: Windows victims: go ahead and pretend you don't want or need
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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 02:03:30 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-07, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> 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 <nospam@dfs.com> 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 >

I think he's mocking him for thinking GUIs are the only useful interface. 

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