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Re:Sorry but linux is not windows

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 28, 2004 11:54 PM
This is YOUR goal. I personaly like GNU/Linux the way it is now. I like having choices. Yes it would be nice to have a more unified UI, but sometimes that doesn't happen. (disclaimer: the numbres for the rest of this rant are pulled out of my nether regions) I like having 6 different office suites, I like having an assortment of graphics tools, even if I mostly just use The Gimp and Image Magick, I like having 7 different CD players installed on my computer, and the option to download hundres more. I like having vi for little editing jobs, and emacs for big ones. I like having a collection of IM software, all of which is a bit different because one program works better at work through the crappy terminal emulation windows has, one works nicely on a terminal at home, and one is great in X. I like the enlightenment window manager, which many disparage as a dead end, but which has WONDERFUL features I don't want to do without. Now where I think Linux should go is continuing with this trend and the UNIX philiosophy, small tools that work together well bound together by powerfull scripting and programing tools.

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