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[Brad Becker]

Lol I rest my case.

Chow,
Brad Becker


On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:06:48 -0700, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net>  
wrote:

> I wouldn't call it "coping".
>
> I *would* call it, "putting up with a GUI that is so horrifyingly slow
> as to be a distraction, and a layer of uneeded, poorly-designed,
> poorly-thought-out fluff that gets in the way between me and the job
> that needs to be done."
>
> Next time you see a window that takes a full second to draw, stop and
> think.  How many clock cycles, how many instructions did it take to draw
> that window? A billion? Two billion?  Once you begin to see things from
> that perspective, you will lose all respect for Win-clone desktops like
> GNOME and KDE, because it's horrifying. A Linux desktop doesn't have to
> be that way.
>
> "Coping", as you put it, is admitting to the world that your standards
> are so low that you'll put up with anything, so long as it works. If
> that's the case, sell your car, and ride your lawnmower to work. Hey,
> why not? You're already doing the same thing with your computer.
>
> Cheers,
> Bowie
>
>
>
>
> Brad Becker wrote:
>
>> Yes, some distros deliberately use KDE to make an easier transition from
>> Win.  A number of the old skool linux guys have a hard time coping with
>> it.  Tough.
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:53:44 -0700, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> KDE is an easy transition from Windows. People don't like change,
>>> especially older people. I know people who buy new computers and
>>> quickly replace Win XP with Win 98 or Win Me because they know where
>>> things are.
>>>
>>>
>>
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