ubergeek

You’re sounding like one of those people that says “ummm ackshully it’s GNU + Linux, not Linux”

No, I'm one of those people that understand that a DE is not the OS. A DE is a component one can install, but doesn't have to, in order to have a fully functional OS. Most certainly one does not require Kate in order to have a Linux OS installed. I have thousands of linux machines I manage that DON'T have Kate installed.

If you install a distro with KDE, you will have Kate. It’s an OS program.

Weird, because I only have Kate because I asked for it to get installed. It didn't come along for the ride when I installed KDE.

Pahahaha, that’s not what defines whether a program is an OS one or not. You can run paint on Linux if you wanted to. Based on your definition, Paint therefore isn’t part of the Windows app suite.

Paint comes on the MS Windows ISO (Or did), and with zero choice given, ever, MS Paint gets installed.

I installed MX Linux yesterday, and Kate was not installed.

I installed KDE on Freebsd a couple of weeks ago, and Kate was not installed.

Let’s get back on topic - do you think a normal user will hear “Kate” and think “ah, that must be the text editor!”, do you think they’ll hear “Dolphin” and think “ah, that must be a file manager of some kind!”?

I don't think any of that matters, tbh. Every user will have things to learn, once they switch to a new OS.

Using social media is far removed from operating your own publicly available social media server.

This coming from someone who is trying to get more mastodon usage in higher ed. Profs aren't the ones who operate these things. Merely getting the approval to get the project started is an immense task.

It’s part of the KDE Plasma desktop.

KDE is not "The OS".

Would you say the Dolphin file explorer isn’t an OS/system app

That is correct. Dolphin is not a part of "The OS". Case in point, you can install Kate, and Dolphin, on FreeBSD. And on Windows.

Having vi is a part of the POSIX specification, therefore, it is a part of the OS.

Most scientists aren't allowed to do stuff like that, or purely just don't have the time.

Kate isn't a part of the OS, though... the text editor that is a part of the OS is called "vi".

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They are silent, because they have alzheimers, and aren't sure what it going on.

What does "Excel" do? What does "Steam" do? What does "Balena" do? What does "Conky" do?

Spies often don't know they are spies...

Like someone selling manuals for a piece of defense tech may not know why the buyer wants it... but yet....

Won't see me complaining about anyone halting the progress if fascists.

We already produce the food.... oligarchs don't.

We can seize the means of production.

lol, k.