From: Farley Flud Subject: Re: A Distro for DFS! Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <56k8ljt0k5qln6ic90pabniph3dfut9n27@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 33 Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:47:44 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:47:44 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2048 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Bytes: 2382 On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:44:45 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > > https://www.deusinmachina.net/p/an-ode-to-emacs-the-greatest-operating > > Want to use Emacs as the window manager for your operating system, of > course you can do that. There is a reason why one of the old Emacs logos is > a kitchen sink. > Emacs was originally written by Dr. Richard M. Stallman (who also originally wrote gcc, glibc, and a LOT of other critical GNU software). Dr. Stallman is one heck of a C programmer and also one of the great humans of the 20th/21st centuries. I have been wanting to learn Emacs but I don't have the time to explore all of its possibilities. There are only 24 hours in a day and I have plenty of other irons in the fire. But the "all in one" philosophy of Emacs has inspired other software such as Cooledit, which is a text editor plus email client plus debugger plus a lot of other things. Shoot! I could go on and on! The GNU/Linux/FOSS software ecosystem is so rich that it makes Microslop/Apphole look like an old ladies' sewing bee. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! -- Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.