@Anniiii @ids1024 Wow, plus ça change! When I was first...

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@Anniiii @ids1024 Wow, plus ça change! When I was first dabbling in Linux more than 20 years ago, picking sides in this war was the most important thing a newbie could do. To see it still thriving on Mastodon makes my heart rejoice. 😂 (emacs, ofc, btw)

Like 15 Dec 2022 at 12:03 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mas.to

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@ronsboy67 @ids1024 I am not fighting a war here haha I personally like vim because I rather have a software that is usable ootb and is installed on most systems, but I see why people like emacs

15 Dec 2022 at 12:07 | Open on gts.ferreo.dev

Ronsboy67

@Anniiii @ids1024 sadly, both are in my past now. CLI requires reliable communication between brain and hands, mine have been on increasingly frosty terms for many years. It's why I gave up Linux too, because there is still afaik, nothing in the FLOSS world that comes close to DragonNaturallySpeaking, on which I have becomne ever more dependent. But seeing the (jocular) sparring between vi & emacs gave me a genuine nostalgic glow 😀

15 Dec 2022 at 12:15 | Open on mas.to

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@ronsboy67 @ids1024 Oh, sorry to hear. I am in the lucky position to not rely on such tools, but I agree we definitely need more and better quality of those tools if we ever really wanna be a good alternative for everyone

15 Dec 2022 at 13:49 | Open on gts.ferreo.dev

Ronsboy67

@Anniiii @ids1024 It is a trifling problem compared to those endured by many, and for a contrarian does have an upside - whenever especially evangelical penguinistas insist "there's a FLOSS tool for everything!" I can reply with "Hic Sunt Dracones?" 😀

15 Dec 2022 at 14:14 | Open on mas.to

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