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On 06/22/2017 09:16, scratch65535@att.net wrote:
> I can't help feeling that there's something very wrong when
> people for whom the system is a tool rather than a plaything have
> to work around the choices made by the "official" developers.

I'd say this is true no matter what OS you use these days.
-- 
Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org
 >>>> *The opinions expressed above are entirely my own* <<<<

It is only knowledge that will destroy bias.