Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome

On 2025-04-29, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:33:31 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:
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There is a reason that Windows has a Linux subsystem.  There is a reason
for Powershell.

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These are both acts of desperation on the part of Microsoft. After decades
of conditioning its users to be allergic to the command line, it now finds
itself trying to do a complete 180°. The results are not pretty.
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Powershell seems OK for admin type stuff, but I'm not too familiar with
it.  It seemed more focused to sys admins.

I've been around enough to see "new" solutions which are just
reinventions of what had been done before.

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So what? That’s no excuse for perpetuating the pile of legacy baggage that
is X11.

Its not an excuse for perpetuating X11.  But legacy baggage accumulates,
and things that are thrown out, make a return, in a new reincarnated
form.  Ive been involved with enough system changes, managed system
changes, validated new systems, to see this pattern happen again and
again.  At work, I've been able to keep my site off the new fangled
electronic management system they wanted to implement.  It failed
eventually, a massive sunk cost, and I'm glad we didn't transition.  No
disruption on our end.  Legacy system prevails.  I do want a new system
still, but one which fits.  The 'new shiny' didn't work, and it was
obvious from the start it wouldn't, at least to a couple of us.

Thats not a reason to not change.  But adaptation works better than
complete change.