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Screenshots from developers: 2002 vs. 2015 (2015)

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458 points turrini | 2 comments | 06 Dec 25 21:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Almondsetat ◴[07 Dec 25 00:17 UTC] No.46177961[source]▶
RMS to me is really a curious case. He doesn't know how to install GNU+Linux and relies on others to do it. He doesn't know how to take a screenshot, and I remember reading other snippets from him about not knowing how to perform other basic tasks.
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gosub100 ◴[07 Dec 25 00:32 UTC] No.46178078[source]▶
See also: Knuth. Literally wrote the book on algorithms, but barely is able to do more than open a window in FVWM.
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1. clra ◴[07 Dec 25 01:29 UTC] No.46178401[source]▶
Can you cite this in some way? Given he's shown the competence to write and typeset an impressive series of books, I find this claim pretty hard to believe.
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2. gosub100 ◴[07 Dec 25 02:42 UTC] No.46178697[source]▶
https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs/.fvwm2rc

Here is his fvwm rc. Given that it's fully documented, I will walk back my assumption that he can barely open a terminal. I researched it a bit and recalled an interview where he said something like "all I use X windows for is is to open a terminal in FVWM", so he clearly can customize it, but he prefers a minimalist setup.