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It's awesome in visual terms, but please consider a thing: CLI is very effective to combine different simple software together, witch is the classic UNIX paradi
by kkfx 4y ago
It's awesome in visual terms, but please consider a thing: CLI is very effective to combine different simple software together, witch is the classic UNIX paradigm. We know from the history that such paradigm is a FAIL, but it still have some points.
The need of visual stuff is UNIX fail. That's why older system, like Xerox Smalltalk workstations, was graphical by default, networked before unix was born. Long story short: we MUST recover such model in FLOSS, since this is a FLOSS game, no proprietary software can last longer in a classic desktop.
Witch means we need integrated tools. Emacs so far offer the best integration simply because is the sole living vestige of such classic past, Pharo (Smalltalk recover some visual aspects). That's what we need. Surely it's a hyper-long shot seen actual IT involution, but can be done if taken by a large community and CAN'T be parasited by any corporate move behind chasing to sell open-hardware platforms witch can't happen so quick.
That's is.
It's a very nice tool, but what if I want contacts merged? What if I want mail merged? Neomutt is another nice MUA, coupled with notmuch to search/access messages, but there is not much room to integrate both. What if I want to link files? ... That's the point of a unique OS-as-a-framework/apps-as-functions-of-such-framework vs UNIX KISS logic or worst modern GUI-as-self-contained-world.
- eesmith 4y agoMinor quibble - Smalltalk and the Xerox Alto started in 1972. Unix started in 1969 and was in use before 1972.