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To be fair, improving performance on Windows is not really a priority for GNU. From the GNU downloads page for emacs (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/downlo
by MereInterest 3y ago
To be fair, improving performance on Windows is not really a priority for GNU. From the GNU downloads page for emacs (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#nonfree https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#nonfree):
> To improve the use of proprietary systems is a misguided goal. Our aim, rather, is to eliminate them. We include support for some proprietary systems in GNU Emacs in the hope that running Emacs on them will give users a taste of freedom and thus lead them to free themselves.
- raincole 3y agoI fully understand GNU's ideology and I understand no one owes me an Emacs that runs smoothly on Windows. I'm just sharing my experience so far.
- eviks 3y agoSo how does the slow tasting freedom help achieve that goal?
- tshirttime 3y agoSo how does slow tasting freedom help achieve the goal? It doesn't. Stallman hand-waved the "taste of freedom" nostrum to avoid throwing away the man-years supporting emacs on Windows and Mac. The same stupid argument was made to justify the new Android port.
- aulin 3y agoEmacs runs perfectly on macos though