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   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message , Hadron wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >   
   >> In message , Snit wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I know when my wife first saw Ubuntu she thought it was some OS from the   
   >>> late '80s or early '90s just from the look.   
   >>   
   >> As opposed to Windows XP, still the most widely used version of Windows,   
   >> which looks like a reject from a particularly bad brainstorming session   
   >> in the marketing department at Fisher-Price.   
   >   
   > Windows XP came out in 2001 or so. It is purposely a "base look and feel".   
      
   It was supposed to be “modern” for its time. And yet it looks like a toy   
   compared to current Linux distros.   
      
   > The ones being compared in this thread are modern UIs on the plethora of   
   > distros that only seem to vary in the default theme... ie a waste of   
   > time and effort that dilutes resources.   
      
   I see, now you'e saying it’s “a waste of time and effort that dilutes   
   resources” to look better than Windows XP.   
      
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