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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by monsieurbanana on Sunday March 19, 2023 @11:26AM (#35219903)
His usage requirements is using it only once when he sets up his computer, which is probably a good thing for a preferences app. It works well for him, why shouldn't be able to say so? So we can keep this thread strictly about complaining?

You could copy paste your comment to everyone here, "have you considered that other people use it differently".

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by lapcat on Sunday March 19, 2023 @11:34AM (#35220001)
> It works well for him, why shouldn't be able to say so?

That's not all the commenter said. "The moaning and groaning about how bad it is just seems so.....pointless to me."

If System Settings is fine for the commenter, that's great for the commenter. (Although "I virtually never use it" isn't exactly a great response to "It's virtually unusable" or a great defense of System Settings.) However, the commenter is criticizing other people for complaining about it, and that's not justified.

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Re:Unix legend Ken Thompson announces he's switching From ma... by dkjaudyeqooe on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:17PM (#35220469)
He undermines his own point. He says he has no problem with System Preferences, and then essentially says he never uses it, explaining why he would have no problem with it.
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