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Desktop Unix Sucked ...
No common file manager / utilities
Desktop API non-standard / atrophied
- eg. font location ( / rendering )
- Ask X, hard-coded paths, a few guesses, fork 'chkfontpath'
- eg. printing
- Fork lpq, parse output, fork lpr etc.
- eg. MIME associations, GUI LAF, recent-files etc.
But far, far worse
- Lack of coherency and integration
- eg. setup my MIME bindings 3 times
- Love of over-exposed complexity
Code re-use necessitates API sharing