Re: [flalug] The Mac-Intel Computer

From: Chad Perrin (perrin@apotheon.com)
Date: Fri Jun 10 2005 - 09:06:13 EDT


On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:29:14PM -0400, Khepri wrote:
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> Chad Perrin wrote:
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> >I don't have icons on my
> >desktop. I loathe desktop icons. I just have my dockapps and my
> >right-click/f12 menu and my aterm.
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> Hmmmmmm.....I like the sound of that....

I'm always happy to turn people onto the beauty of WindowMaker and the
functionality and flexibility of the GNUstep framework with
console-based apps for just about everything in terminal emulators.
Heh. It's amazing the number of people that start following my lead
just by virtue of having seen and appreciated the way I use my X
session, and my obvious enjoyment of the computing environment I use.

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> >In fact, if it wasn't for better screen resolution, scrolling,
> >cut-and-pasting, and the need for a graphical web browser, I wouldn't
> >even be using X-Windows most of the time.
>
> There's another quote candidate!

I think I'm flattered.

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> >Maybe that's just me, though. I guess there are other people who like
> >desktop icons, improbable though that seems to me.
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> I swear I have to clear the desktop every couple of days....slightly
> annoying....but then I haven't been using a Linux desktop....I'll have
> to go cold turkey.....is there a Win-ANON group?

Absolutely. It's called "your local LUG".

I'm a Linux conversion success story, myself.

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