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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Apple requires too much money and sacrifice of control
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:46:47 -0700
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On 2025-03-24 16:29, CrudeSausage wrote:
> On 2025-03-24 5:42 p.m., Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-03-23 11:54, Joel wrote:
>>> Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2025-03-23, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2025-03-23, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Adison Vohn Caterson <Adison@Caterson.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2025-03-23, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> He's [JWC is] more like scabies:  really irritating and 
>>>>>>>>>> difficult to get rid of.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> OK, Mac user.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You might have as well said "air breather".
>>>>>>>> If you need assistance with insults, I can help.
>>>>>>>> Can and will aren't equal.
>>>>>>>> I think your nym as "Buffy" would be more insightful.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The point is, Sn!pe can't talk high-and-mighty about me, a Linux 
>>>>>>> user.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A Linux user would need additional accolades to be high-and-mighty.
>>>>>> I'm only 5'10" but I'm somewhat strong.
>>>>>> Tough to be everything at once.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sn!pe gives me no reason to believe she uses the command line.
>>>>
>>>> I used vim to type this.
>>>> It's up to the "user" to "use" what works for them.
>>>> That's real equality.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm using Forte Agent under Wine, but you see, that's for Usenet,
>>
>> Which is basically an admission that Linux isn't up to the job.
> 
> He prefers the Forte Agent interface for some reason, I believe that 
> chrisv here does too. There's nothing wrong with that. There are decent 
> Usenet readers in Linux, but some might just be used to whatever they 
> first used.
> 

It's an admission that you can't use Linux without making compromises.