[rescue] [geeks] Solaris being discontinued? Rumors flying

[Dave McGuire]

  Yup.  I found it to be very pretty, but I couldn't get any work done.
Very annoying.  I ran it for about four hours and started looking for
alternatives.  Mint was the way to go, and it still is, until they try
to force systemd foolishness on me.  Then I'll find something else.

              -Dave

On 12/03/2016 09:59 PM, John Hudak wrote:
> hi Dave:
> Yes, that's it..TYVM!....a POS UI if I ever saw one...well, maybe a tie
> between that and win 2.x and 3.x
> Amazing, 30 yrs later and MS is still setting computing back to the stone
> ages....
> 
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/03/2016 06:31 PM, John Hudak wrote:
>>> I hated Ubuntus klugey/inefficient UI that they touted as the 'next big
>>> thing'...so bad, I cant remember what it was called.
>>> When I experienced that, I went back to slack. - caveat, on my 86x
>> machines.
>>
>>   "Unity".  Many people had the same reaction.  I moved to Mint, which
>> I'm still running for desktop use.
>>
>>             -Dave
>>
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>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> New Kensington, PA
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