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[bpoag at comcast.net]

:)

Now get off my lawn!

..damn kids!

Cheers,
Bowie

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Brad Becker" <investmgmt at s91195370.onlinehome.us>
> 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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