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On 11/04/2017 11:31 AM, Shadow wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:19:52 -0700, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/01/2017 05:57 AM, Shadow wrote:
>>> BTW, LibreOffice is dropping support for XP and Linux Desktop
>>> Environments that "resemble Win XP" in the next version.
>>
>> Elucidate please.
>>
>> What is "resemble Win XP"?
> 
>  KDE 3 based DEs, like
> 
> https://wiki.trinitydesktop.org/Trinity_Desktop_Environment
> 
>  Not sure about Gnome 2 (Mate).
> 
>  BTW, Trinity is available for ALL the main stable Linux
> Distros, and still has "nightly builds". These might have a few bugs.
> It's what Linux users thrive on.
>  []'s
> 


Sounds like they are just getting their back up over all the
old stuff out there that folks won't upgrade.  The same follows
XP as well.  It is a fine (for Windows) operating system.
It is just that M$ development tools are now messing so much
with it that developers are having a hard time continuing
to maintain it.
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