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From: DFS <nospam@dfs.com>
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Subject: Re: The Only DE For REAL MEN
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 10:34:27 -0400
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On 5/22/2024 4:53 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> On 5/22/2024 1:35 PM, Lameass Larry Piet babbled his usual bullshit:
>>
>>> the REAL MAN, the POTENT MAN, only requires xterm
>>> and Midnight Commander to accomplish his digital miracles.
>>
>> Being not a 'REAL MAN' - and one that accomplishes only the most
>> pedestrian digital tasks - you also require:
>>
>>   a GUI newsreader
>>   a GUI text editor
>>   a GUI window manager
>>   a GUI web browser
>>   a GUI office suite
>>   etc etc
>>
>> or you're dead in the water.
> 
> 
> Larry is a funny character, yeah, really doesn't meld with the world
> as it is.  My computer makes his look lame and goofy.


He's very proud of, and equates masculinity with, running a stripped 
down distro and using lots of cli commands.  It's probably a reaction to 
a domineering mother that broke his spirit growing up.