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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Oct 23, 2025 at 10:50:51 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   <10df43r$2cukb$2@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On 24 Oct 2025 05:12:49 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >   
   >> But it does sorta make sense...   
   >   
   > Whether it “makes sense” or not should be up to user choice, shouldn’t   
   it?   
      
   You do realize it is, right? On macOS, Windows, and Linux.   
   >   
   > Free software is all about having a choice, not about the platform owner   
   > deciding What’s Best for you.   
      
   All three offer choice here... not sure what you are concerned about.   
      
   But with choice: Linux offers some, macOS offers others, and Windows offers   
   still others. For MOST of the things I do the choices macOS offers work best   
   for *ME*. That does not mean they work best for you, nor that you are wrong to   
   use a different choice. That makes no more sense than a KDE user saying a   
   Gnome user is wrong. The fact macOS and Windows exists just means you have   
   MORE choice... cool, eh?   
      
   Instead of pissing contests, what is interesting *TO ME* (might not be to you)   
   is how you get things done. How the choices your system offers, and the   
   choices you make, allow you to get tasks done. I tend to look at more mundane,   
   easy tasks -- but they are somewhat representative of how well thought out the   
   system is. There IS some bias there -- macOS tends to focus on the "80%" and   
   make that easier... but the 20% of less common stuff might be more   
   challenging. OK. Cool. I welcome people to look at whatever tasks they want. I   
   join in where I can.   
      
   If this is of interest to you, maybe you can talk about how you would get this   
   task done (modified from an earlier post):   
      
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   * Use a web browser to look at online instructions (lesson plan,   
     recipe, handyman stuff... whatever) then do these tasks:   
      
   * Convert it to a PDF (print to PDF or the like). This might include   
     resizing or whatever to fit on 1 (or more) pages better.   
      
   * On the PDF add some annotations -- notes about a step, cross out some   
     text, highlight other text, and circle something.   
      
   * Assume you do not know the meaning of one of the words -- so look it   
     up in a dictionary.   
      
   * Save the PDF to a place you normally save such things to -- a Lesson   
     Plans or Web Receipts or Recipes folder. This is something assumed to   
     be common to you (even if just theoretically) so you can have a   
     "Favorite" set up.   
      
   * After saving the PDF "realize" you want it in a different place or to   
     have a different name (or both). Make the appropriate changes.   
      
   * Record all of this and post it so it can be viewed by others. Make the   
     screen recording so it is easy to follow the "action" by others.   
      
   NONE of this is hard on any of the OSs. But what is the workflow? Which OS /   
   common apps make it easier? I think macOS would fare very well here. Does this   
   mean macOS will "win" on every task? NO! Of course not. But I think it will do   
   very well on most easy / common tasks. I also think you can find some less   
   common -- but still real world tasks -- where it might do less well with.   
      
   And this is not really, to me, about "winning" -- it is about learning how   
   other systems, and other people, do tasks. And, for me personally, I will get   
   to learn things about other systems and I value THAT. The pissing contests...   
   not really... but learning how to use tech better and growing to understand   
   each of the options... THAT interests me.   
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   If that is not of interest to you, of course, that is fine.   
      
   --   
   It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with   
   you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)