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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>+1<br><br>It amused me a few years back when MS Windows Servers started nudging administrators to use command line and/or scripting for serious tasks. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😃</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br><br>What I found a tad distressing was when some vendors subsequently started sending pre-canned PowerShell scripts to run on Linux for doing remote tasks on their equipment. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😳</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ale <ale-bounces@ale.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Kinney via Ale<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 19, 2025 3:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org>; Steve Litt via Ale <ale@ale.org>; ale@ale.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Jim Kinney <jkinney@jimkinney.us><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] Weird window-manager shenanigans on debian 12...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>FVWM FOR TEH WIN!<br><br>You whippersnappers and your fancy pants desktops. Command line does all you'll ever need. Fast. Stable. Even do colors now but that's kinda going too far. Ncurses is enough gui for anyone.<br><br>No need to try and modernize when old bessie can still pull a plow daily and pull the cart to market on Saturday.<br><br>:-)<br><br>Mailing list is full of old farts. Get off my desktop!!! And my lawn!<br>:-) :-) :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On September 19, 2025 2:48:43 PM EDT, Steve Litt via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:27:28 -0700<br>Wayne via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #729FCF 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt'><div><pre>XFCE?<o:p></o:p></pre></div></blockquote><div><pre><br>IMHO not as good as LXQt or LXDE.<br><br>SteveT<br><br>Steve Litt <br>Spring 2023 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful<br>Technologist <a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques">http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></pre><pre style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Ale mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>