Post B1Hzxlmtbs0HTggj1U by purrperl@noc.social
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 (DIR) Post #B1HsXdpJt16VZyPq7c by purrperl@noc.social
       2025-12-15T17:08:51Z
       
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       The Software Industry is one big hoax. In a world of Free Software and shared, verified knowledge, the common platform of civilization would be so vast, that there would be little need for customization to fit specific use cases. Selling software would not be a thing.Capitalism sells you 10,000 types of mouse traps, none of which work very well, to sustain illusions of innovation rewarded, of consumer choice, of the American Dream.#FreeSoftware #Software #Capitalism #GNU
       
 (DIR) Post #B1HsXfImOyGO9dCsgC by mike805@noc.social
       2025-12-15T23:00:36Z
       
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       @purrperl GNU was originally supposed to give us a free OS and free dev toolsMission accomplished, many years ago.We also have free network services.We do not have good free end user tools. This is mainly because devs are wired differently from most users and write code for other devs.For example, commercial software keeps trying to hide the file concept, while all FOSS requires you to understand files.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1HtqCFClH9nUQw1oG by purrperl@noc.social
       2025-12-15T23:12:45Z
       
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       @mike805 Please tell me about which commercial software tries to hide the file concept.I am working on a Debian-based, GNOME-first GNU/Linux distro, that will bring macOS levels of aesthetics and UX friendliness to the GNU/Linux world. Friendly both to devs and to end users, so FOSS gains large scale adoption, and displaces commercial software.Here are some general design ideas for it ( at the end of this article ):https://rant.li/ashwin/apple
       
 (DIR) Post #B1HtqD5JdWqC63Je2C by mike805@noc.social
       2025-12-15T23:16:31Z
       
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       @purrperl iTunes was the first offender. It would happily grab your existing collection, even searching for it. But within iTunes itself, you had to click a detail page to see the location of the music file.Google Docs indexes by recently opened or gives you a search prompt. It doesn't default to a files and directories view.MS Office is going to "everything in the cloud" as fast as they can get away with.None of these things make it easy to store your data locally.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1HtqpWwhFWNKkXFNQ by amerika@annihilation.social
       2025-12-15T23:21:02.864672Z
       
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       @mike805 @purrperl Hang on to those Office 2019 install disks
       
 (DIR) Post #B1HzxYLpZBd5nyvQX2 by mike805@noc.social
       2025-12-15T23:22:59Z
       
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       @amerika @purrperl Nah, I went from Office 2003 right to Open/Libre Office. Took one look at the new UI, looked for the back-to-old option, found there wasn't one, and did not proceed.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1Hzxlmtbs0HTggj1U by purrperl@noc.social
       2025-12-15T23:23:08Z
       
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       @amerika @mike805 Whatever for?LibreOffice is a part of Eurostack.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1HzyHdRCZS4FcVciu by amerika@annihilation.social
       2025-12-16T00:29:37.438618Z
       
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       @purrperl @mike805 LibreOffice was not sufficient for my needs
       
 (DIR) Post #B1I07co5r30UWKwoDY by verita84@poster.place
       2025-12-16T00:31:19.475Z
       
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       @purrperl@noc.social @mike805@noc.social @amerika@annihilation.social onlyoffice better and lighter. no java