GNOME Art Awards

Another anonymous poster, not even bold enough to back up his opinions with a signature.

Lazy != affordable. As you get a little older (and I'm not even 40 yet, BTW) you get enough distractions in your life to stop chasing the perfect machine when adequate should do. I have more than than enough interests to spend my money on without dumping it into new hardware when the old-ish stuff still works.

I drive a 10 year old car and it is still safe, efficient, fully functional, and as fast as when it was new. So why should a computer be thrown out just because desktop theming overhead increases? Am I not ultimately using this tool for communication, finances, and basic every day types of software functions? (All of which I was able to do on this box five years ago when I bought it.)

Linux kernel speed continues to improve as it develops. Today's OOo is a million times faster than the old Star Office, but it does more. And Mozilla is faster than ever, all the while continuing to add features to help me use it more easily.

But I do not have the same impressions of GNOME. Exactly what is this fancy window management and icons buying me that requires more machine?!