Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of...
by j5155 on Monday December 26, 2022 @04:56PM
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To be clear, Linus got an error trying to install an app via the GUI, ran the equivalent terminal command, and directly overrode the warning telling him what would happen before his desktop environment broke.
It wasn’t quite as simple as just apt upgrade.
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Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of...
by AussieWog93 on Monday December 26, 2022 @05:01PM
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The point is that it gave him a text warning that basically said "press y to destroy your whole Desktop Environment" buried in a wall of text that you'd normally ignore. This is beyond terrible UX and would never happen outside of Linux/FOSS.
Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of...
by csande17 on Monday December 26, 2022 @05:33PM
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In a proprietary operating system, you just wouldn't have been allowed to uninstall the desktop environment at all. Unfortunately, you are also forbidden from uninstalling Facebook if they have a deal with your device's manufacturer.
Re:Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of...
by eastAligned on Monday December 26, 2022 @05:47PM
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There is a huge space between cli everything and pre-infested walled garden. I have always felt that there should be more visual differences in the standard newby frendly tools for linix. Many problems would be avoided with a basic graphic interface.