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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Brock McNuggets   
   Re: 5 Linux Desktop Environments That Ma   
   27 Nov 25 08:05:05   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 27 Nov 2025 07:02:35 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
      
   > On Nov 26, 2025 at 11:36:31 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   > <10g8rhf$158qm$2@dont-email.me>:   
   >   
   >> On 27 Nov 2025 06:35:42 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Nov 26, 2025 at 10:30:09 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   >>> <10g8nl1$13t7t$2@dont-email.me>:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Both companies have spent decades conditioning their user base to be   
   >>>> allergic to the command line.   
   >>>   
   >>> Both macOS and Windows have a command line.   
   >>   
   >> Supposedly.   
   >   
   > No. Factually.   
      
   Wonder why they needed to bring in actual Linux, then.   
      
   > As you have noted, Linux also seeks to bring in things from Windows and   
   > to some extent macOS.   
      
   Its GUI heritage comes from Unix, not from Windows or MacOS.   
      
   > * NTFS & exFAT: They were not a part of the Linux kernel for some time.   
   > Now they are.   
      
   They are there for compatibility, not because they are a good idea. Linux   
   has much superior filesystems available -- that cope better with lots of   
   small files, just for example.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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