Re: My 138 $ Amazon order ( for 6pm today ).

On Fri, 10 May 2024 08:42:30 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

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On Thu, 09 May 2024 11:36:06 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
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On 2024-05-08 6:06 p.m., rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 8 May 2024 12:04:28 -0400, DFS wrote:
 

At least Windows doesn't display non-working app menu items, as
Linux used to do a LOT.  Click them and nothing happens.  Resolving
them was FAR more troublesome than the Registry fix I showed.

 
When was 'used to do'?  1998?

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Actually, DFS showed this to be the case recently, and many times
over the last few years. This is not an old problem; it's a problem
Linux distributions have yet to iron out. The lack of polish is very
noticeable.

 
Name the offending apps, please.

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GIMP, for one. The interface is very confusing to anyone who's used
better software.

 
Actually, GIMP is pretty powerful and it's learning curve has gotten
longer over the years.

Even my students who have no idea what a decent photo manipulaton program
looks like find that GIMP is shockingly ugly and confusing.
 

Handbrake would be another, though it isn't that difficult to get used
to, in my opinion.

 
Again, that's a project problem, as Handbrake has versions for Mac and
Windows as well.

It doesn't change the fact that it is an open-source project.
 
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