<OT> Re: CorelDraw - Redhat 9 ?

[Tim Wunder]

On 4/11/2003 11:13 AM, someone claiming to be Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 09:54:58 -0400
> Tim Wunder <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 4/11/2003 1:10 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>>On 04/10/03 21:15, Michael Fakaro wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>>I normally wouldn't bother to upgrade but what I'm hearing is the
>>>>desktop is a lot more responsive in RH9.
>>>
>>>
>>>the desktop?  linux doesn't have a 'desktop', it has window managers.
>>>
>>
>>Oh come off it, Lonnie. For crying out loud, linux certainly *does* have
>>a 'desktop', several of them, in fact, including your beloved XFCE.
> 
> 
> I always thought the desktop was a place WHERE you ran Linux, not what you
> run ON Linux. So, when asking if Linux can run on, or is ready for, the
> desktop, I think it means can it run apps associated with the desktop
> (interactive client-based productivity tools, like an e-mail reader or a
> text editor), rather than those associated with a server (an e-mail transfer
> agent or file sharing).
> 

Well, ya know, English is this cool language where the same word can 
mean many different things. As a result, people get to argue semantics 
for no reason other than the desire to be right, while claiming someone 
else is wrong. A practise that can be quite fun ;-)