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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by nxc182 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:50PM (#12859678)
Most (married) people are spending more time with their computers than their spouses.

Would you marry an ugly woman? An ugly man?

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by type0 on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @06:02PM (#12859793)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by nxc182 on Thursday November 03, 2016 @10:19AM (#12864101)
It certainly is! That's why I choose software that I think is beautiful.

I may think a terminal window is beautiful - if I do then I will choose a terminal.

What I won't do is purposefully use user-hostile/ugly software on principle - if there is a better choice I will choose the better choice.

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Re:Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux by ksmanu on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @11:27PM (#12861393)
Beauty is created by the conniving artist. It is 'absorbed' by the user. Not necessarily all beautiful things are useful.

Beautiful software, looks good, is intuitive, doesn't complain and complements the user. Hence software is different from art.

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