From: nospam@dfs.com   
      
   On 1/4/2026 4:32 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 11:15:18 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12/31/2025 4:31 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:51:30 -0500, DFS wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> ... in practice, it's so difficult to make those source code mods   
   >>>> and recompile that it's extremely rare.   
   >>>   
   >>> Even a child can do it .   
   >>   
   >> Go ahead and add a simple string concat(a,b) function - or other   
   >> trivial function - to the source code (and menus) of LibreOffice.   
   >   
   > Nothing really to do with the Linux kernel, but anyway ...   
   >   
   > Tools → Macros → Edit Macro → type in a few lines of BASIC, and   
   you’re   
   > away.   
      
      
   Another Larry Duh fail.   
      
   Here's one that might be a little easier:   
      
   1) alter the default order of the columns shown in htop.   
   2) alter the alignment within a random column from left to right or vice   
       versa   
      
   https://github.com/htop-dev/htop   
      
   If you - a Linux-obsessed holder of a computer science degree - can't   
   successfully alter the source code of the kernel/distro/utilities/apps   
   and recompile and deliver, what chance does the avg Linux user have?   
   Nearly zero.   
      
   "You have the source - fix it yourself." is one of the most obnoxious   
   retorts to victims facing issues with low kualitee FOSS crapware.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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