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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 08:32:16 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:40:24 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:14:36 -0000 (UTC), CtrlAltDel wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:25:55 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> There we go again, the hidebound Dimdows user cannot help but assume   
   >>>> that Linux is just like all those proprietary systems in that the GUI   
   >>>> is somehow inextricably tied into the OS or distro, rather than being   
   >>>> a separately configurable/replaceable layer.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And Gentoo is among the top of the league of Linux distros in terms   
   >>>> of configurability, too.   
   >>>   
   >>> [Ad-hominem smokescreen]   
   >>   
   >> Pro Internet tip: trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies   
   >> is a tacit way of admitting I’m right.   
   >   
   > This is not the Internet, sir; it's called Usenet.   
      
   Unless you are still accessing it via UUCP over dialup lines, you don’t   
   have a point.   
      
   Trying to distract from my point with irrelevancies, strike two.   
      
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