From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:17:14 +0000, vallor wrote:   
      
   > 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!")   
      
   Is that from Hogan's Heroes? It played on MeTV when I still had it, but I   
   can't say that I ever bothered to watch an episode. I watched a few   
   episodes of Gomer Pyle though. He had one heck of a singing voice.   
      
      
      
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