From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/02/2026 21:05, rbowman wrote:   
   > GNOME haters is a big club. Do you know how many new DEs were created when   
   > GNOME3 arrived? I've never used MacOS but as I understand it Apple people   
   > are right at home. GNOME2 was bad enough,   
   >   
   Oh MAC OS is nice looking. I have used some of its features on my MATE   
   desktop...   
      
   > I'll come right out and say it. I want a DE to look like Windows XP or   
   > Windows 7, not something that belongs on a phone or tablet.   
      
   Well absolutely. I loathe androids interface with a passion.   
   Unfortunately there is no real alternative .   
      
      
   --   
   “It is not the truth of Marxism that explains the willingness of   
   intellectuals to believe it, but the power that it confers on   
   intellectuals, in their attempts to control the world. And since...it is   
   futile to reason someone out of a thing that he was not reasoned into,   
   we can conclude that Marxism owes its remarkable power to survive every   
   criticism to the fact that it is not a truth-directed but a   
   power-directed system of thought.”   
   Sir Roger Scruton   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)