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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Juancho wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:17:46 -0500, Joel wrote:
>> just insane.  And Apple is a money pit.  Linux is the only option.
>
> Well, Linux is the only option if you don't mind using a GUI that is
> garbage and you don't mind it being ugly as fuck.
>
> /Gnome, I'm looking at you.

I prefer a simpler window manager, not a desktop manager. My goto for years has
been Fluxbox, with an occasional excursion into Xfce4.

When I do boot to Windows (mainly to build a Windows version of my code), I
find it kind of like running and suddenly hitting beach sand.

I beef up that environment with MSYS2, Git Bash, VLC, vim/gvim,
and MingW dev tools.  Oh, and Qt Creator.

When I had to use Windows at work, I'd add Libreoffice, at least for small
unofficial documents.

-- 
Conquering Russia should be done steppe by steppe.