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Pretty much what I am expecting from Windows based software considering the mess windows always was and is to this day.
by rbrbr 6y ago
Pretty much what I am expecting from Windows based software considering the mess windows always was and is to this day.
- iforgotpassword 6y agoEh, I've seen similar stuff in the Linux/UNIX world. Whenever different software components interact there's a chance you need some stupid stuff to get them to play nice. As some issues get fixed over time, new ones arrive since something gets swapped out for the next big thing. The interaction of X, the display manager, logind and dbus on session start comes to mind. There's been stupid stuff in Xsession.d et al over the years while these evolved. xscreensaver also comes to mind; Jamie likes to keep all the legacy crap in the source code for operating systems and X extensions long gone, including rants about how they're broken under certain conditions, even if the bug is long fixed, just in case someone wants to compile the current version on their 1996 HPUX workstation.
- dragandj 6y agoWell, if anyone is still using screensavers in 2020, there is a good chance they’re running a 90’s system too :)
- marcosdumay 6y agoThose things are distracting a hell, so it's no surprise many workplaces mandate them. But it's never xscreensaver, of course.
- cblconfederate 6y agoYeah let's rewrite the entire system from scratch every 2 years with the langue-du-jour and deprecate everything. That 'll show them
- ezconnect 6y agoYes Windows is a mess but it's a beautiful mess and that is because of their mantra of being backwards compatible.
- alex77456 6y ago"Windows bad something else (linux?) good"