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Re:Make Linux look like Windows 95 by 2143 on Sunday February 27, 2022 @05:25AM (#30486965)
Perhaps you should just use Windows.

> Windows calculator is so simple that it makes it super easy to hop in, do a quick calculation via the numpad and jump out.

What's wrong with calculator in Linux? FWIW, I just fire up a Python interpreter and do calculations there.

Speaking of which, I feel Mac's Spotlight is a superior solution to ocassional calculation needs.

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Re:Make Linux look like Windows 95 by nebula8804 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @03:39PM (#30519685)
A UNIX environment is something that I cannot live without. Furthermore Windows is also slowly throwing out their rock solid tools and replacing them with garbage. For the time being I am on a life raft using MacOS which gives me a reasonably designed GUI environment/tools + a solid UNIX foundation. But MacOS is also slowing sinking. It would be nice to have a well designed Linux environment with good simple tooling. That way you have everything: UNIX + freedom + good tools. I've tried writing my old simple tools but I seem to struggle using GTK. Its a long term goal to port all these old Windows tools to Linux(the dream is to have a FOSS Linux environment running on Apple M1 platform) but for the time being MacOS is still good enough.
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