Re: Lost XP product key - before install.

In article <343e.42fdc6a9.3da50@stigmata>, Justin C says...
> On 2005-08-12, Conor <conor.turton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In article <2b00.42fcfbcd.54b4c@stigmata>, Justin C says...
> >> On 2005-08-12, Conor <conor.turton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Oh and you'll need at LEAST 128MB for a half decent GUI whereas Windows
> >> > could manage it on 4MB..
> >>
> >> The only way Windows can display a half decent UI is by giving us a
> >> command line.
> >
> > Eh?
>
> I SAID: THE ONLY WAY WINDOWS CAN DISPLAY A HALF DECENT UI IS BY GIVING
> US A COMMAND LINE.
>
Explain.
>
> >> The current GUI is abominable.
> >>
> > Really? How come your beloved Linux desktops are all apeing it then?
>
> My beloved Linux desktop looks nothing like windows. It's WindowMaker[1],
> with icons and dock/wharf turned off, I love it. There are some flavours
> of Linux that are trying to look like windows and the reason for this is
> to aid the transition for those migrating.
>
Bollocks. Its because your freeloading hippie tosspots couldn't design
a decent GUI if they tried. Just look at The GIMP. Any OSS app with a
decent GUI apes a commercial app such as the Winamp clone.


--
Conor

If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened
rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic
music.
.

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