From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At 16 Jan 2026 17:58:57 GMT, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
      
   > On 16 Jan 2026 17:36:28 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
   >   
   > > On 16 Jan 2026 15:22:02 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> You should take a look at what the Start menu looks like in Linux   
   > >> Mint 22.3. It's basically Windows 7 without all of the ads and   
   > >> needless garbage Microsoft adds to ruin the experience of using   
   > >> our computer.   
   > >   
   > > People are already bitching. We want our old icons back! We don't   
   > > want a description of the program taking up space, only the icon   
   > > and name!   
   >   
   > The description can be useful for new users, but it is possible to   
   > disable them entirely by right-clicking the start button, choosing   
   > Configure, going into Appearance and removing the checkmark from the   
   > application descriptions option.   
   >   
   > > I've been trying to figure out something related to AppImages.   
   > > Wednesday when working with the guy at the library he added the   
   > > Arduino 2.x IDE as an AppImage and it showed up on the menu as   
   > > 'Other'. On my laptop it added 'Programming' with an icon using   
   > > AppImageLauncher.  I found another AppImage, the discontinued but   
   > > still working Mu Python editor. It added 'Education' with an icon.   
   > > I wonder how many more divisions will get added?   
   > >   
   > > KDE puts the v2 Arduino IDE, Mu, VS Code, and so forth in   
   > > 'Development'. I haven't put VS Code on the Mint box yet to see   
   > > where it winds up.   
   >   
   > I don't mind that someone else categorizes these things for me   
   > because I often have no idea what the grouping should be called.   
   > However, I would be annoyed by an "Other" grouping. For me, it is   
   > necessary that every app has an identified category. It's obsessive   
   > with these things.   
      
   Sorry, can't resist...   
      
   "Zher vill be STRICT icon DISCIPLINE..."   
      
   (..."or else!")   
      
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