Re: [DNG] The real reason I like Linux

2020-03-13 Thread Rainer Weikusat via Dng
Steve Litt writes: [...] > FreeDesktop.Org doesn't like me doing 90 minutes of programming > (and actually Lego(R) block assembly). Their preferred method goes > something like this: > > * Use Gnome. > * Find Gnome software that solves your problem: > - Ask your LUG > - Ask on stacko

Re: [DNG] The real reason I like Linux

2020-03-13 Thread spiralofhope
On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:59:28 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > For me, it's all about POSIX. I immediately understood the UNIX philosophy when I first heard of it; tiny, single-purpose programs which can be stitched together. I agreed with it, but found all the tools incredibly complex mainly because o

Re: [DNG] What can even possibly go wrong?

2020-03-13 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 12/03/2020 à 22:02, John Morris a écrit : On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 11:14 +, Rowland penny via Dng wrote: Here we go again, reinventing the wheel ;-) Windows has something similar, they call it roaming profiles and that has its problems. It isn't exactly reinventing the wheel, it is more li

Re: [DNG] Solving simple problems in amazingly complicated ways

2020-03-13 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2020 Thu, 12 Mar 19:03:14 -0500 John Morris scripsit: > On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 21:45 +, Rainer Weikusat via Dng wrote: > > - the sole purpose of this text is for the amusement of people who > > ever > >   had to find a (preferably simple) solution for a complicated problem > > - > >