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Free software scares normal people

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917 points cryptophreak | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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andai ◴[30 Oct 25 17:15 UTC] No.45762431[source]▶
The article complains there's too many old school Windows-type power user GUIs in the free software space. Most of which were not actually FOSS, but Freeware, or sometimes Shareware!

My criticism of Free Software is exactly the reverse. There isn't enough of that kind of stuff on Linux!

Though to be sure, the Mac category (It Has One Button) is even more underserved there, and I agree that there should be more! Heck, most of the stuff I've made for myself has one button. Do one thing and do it well! :)

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1. zzo38computer ◴[30 Oct 25 20:08 UTC] No.45764732[source]▶
I agree there isn't enough. Some programs are OK (especially command-line programs), some aren't as good as the actual good quality ones.

> Do one thing and do it well!

This does not necessarily mean that it would have only one button (or any buttons). Depending on what is being done, there may be many options for being done, although there might also be default settings. A command-line program might do it better that you only need to specify the file name, but if there are options (what options and how many options there will be depends what program it is) then you can also specify those options if the default settings are not suitable.