Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 05:36:50 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 89 Message-ID: References: <1irOP.851750$d51.585824@fx46.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 07:36:51 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="36be7ea2f899174ee746daee14abd568"; logging-data="2999110"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19QI3X+/cQLlI2Of4uok0QL" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Ha4yNmtClO9omRuTKsD4LlHxGc= On 2025-05-03, Borax Man wrote: > On 2025-05-02, RonB wrote: >> On 2025-04-30, Borax Man wrote: >>> On 2025-04-29, vallor wrote: >>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:21:25 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man >>>> wrote in : >>>> >>>>> On 2025-04-29, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>>> On 2025-04-29 02:15, RonB wrote: >>>>>>> On 2025-04-28, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2025-04-28 16:01, RonB wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 2025-04-28, rbowman wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:49:54 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I'll admit that I didn't notice all of what installing Snaps did >>>>>>>>>>> to my machine, but I could definitely tell that it was a mess. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You don't want to run 'df -a'. I'm up to /dev/loop62 for snap >>>>>>>>>> stuff. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It took me a while to root all that snap crap out of my system, but >>>>>>>>> I think I've got it all cleared now. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is a script you can use to automatically rid your system of it. >>>>>>>> A quick search on your engine of choice will find it for you. Heck, >>>>>>>> it comes up at the top of the results in Brave Search. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I get more involved with Ubuntu I'll look it up. I was just happy >>>>>>> to be wrong about some of my Ubuntu and Wayland assumptions. Ubuntu is >>>>>>> not going to become my "go to" Linux distribution. It was more in the >>>>>>> line of... "even the Linux 'flavor' I don't particularly like is >>>>>>> pretty good." (I'm still not a fan of Gnome 3.) >>>>>> >>>>>> I wasn't a fan, but I was happy to use it because I'm a fan of Ubuntu's >>>>>> interface. However, I won't bother with it if the contributors are >>>>>> proud members of Antifa. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> They are? Thats a concern if true. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure why Antifa are not labelled as a terrorist organisation, >>>>> they fit the definition. >>>> >>>> That's because Antifa -- literally "Anti-fascist" -- isn't an organization. >>>> It's a movement -- like skateboarding. >>>> >>>> And I love it when people invoke Antifa (anti-fascists) as a boogieman; >>>> then you know where they stand. For example: Eisenhower was "Antifa". >>>> Oooo, scary. >>>> >>> >>> The "antifa" of today have nothing to do with Eisenhower, and you know >>> it. >>> >>> Its a movement, like drug cartels. >>> >>> You know, North Korea calls itself a democracy. IT must be one, its in >>> the name... >> >> Heck, even Germany claims to be a "democracy" but they're "intelligence" arm >> has just declared the most popular party in Germany, AfD, "extremist" — >> which is probably their first step in banning Germans' voting choice in >> upcoming elections. Look what "democracies" in Romania and Moldova have done >> recently, banning popular office holders and candidates because they don't >> toe the Woke line. And ditto the so-called "democracy" of Ukraine (totally >> banning the opposition, the opposition media and jailing many of its >> members). "Democracy" has many "flexible" meanings these days. Basically >> dictatorship wolves in "democratic" lambs' clothing. And they're not even >> really bothering to hide it any more. It's a sick joke. >> > > > Democracys days are numbered. It cannot survive the diverse society our > "leaders" are creating. We've sown the seeds for the dissolution of > freedom and unity decades ago. > > What these people are doing, holding back Democracy is necessary if you > want a pluralistic society. ITs rational for them to do that. They > have to, they have no choice. Our choice is whether we want their World > Order, or one of our own choosing. With BRICS the Rothschild hegemony is dying. There is going to be a lot of pain while the Empire collapses, but in the end it should make a better, less centralized world. -- Jesus sat with sinners: He didn't sin with them. Know the difference.