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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 02:56:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:33:31 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

> There is a reason that Windows has a Linux subsystem.  There is a reason
> for Powershell.

These are both acts of desperation on the part of Microsoft. After decades 
of conditioning its users to be allergic to the command line, it now finds 
itself trying to do a complete 180°. The results are not pretty.

> I've been around enough to see "new" solutions which are just
> reinventions of what had been done before.

So what? That’s no excuse for perpetuating the pile of legacy baggage that 
is X11.