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On 19/11/2016 23:23, Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2016-11-19 23:07, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> Yes I know init and KDE are very very different beasts from different |
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>> eras with different approaches to getting stuff done and so can appear |
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>> completely different. But within the contact of /this/ thread, they are |
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>> very similar. And you don't understand one of them to anything like the |
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>> same standard you understand the other. |
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> I agree with this, this is the core of the issue. |
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> But you see: I don't need the features these new beasts provide. Why |
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> should I have to learn all that huge amount of information, crowding out |
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> things I actually _like_ to know from my declining memory, to keep control |
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> of my computing? |
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Computing is a never-ending cycle of new stuff to learn. Deal with it. |
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Devs are not going to stop exploring new technologies and methods just |
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because Ian Zimmerman is getting old. |
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