Hello August!

On 30.03.19 at 23:04, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA> //Resending..  I think I played around with the 5D "Uplinks" part too
 AA> much.//

 AA> Hello Martin,

 AA>>> OpenXP might be fun to explore.

 MF>> I wouldn't describe it as being fun, more of an adventure :-))

 AA> I am not too fond of the console look.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :-))

 AA> Plus, it only occupies one small quarter of my screen when I run
 AA> it.

That can be changed in the settings.

 AA> I still want to "see" and access the rest of my programs/files on
 AA> the desktop.

Minimize it? 

 MF>> ...Did you know it has an integrated email client and news client
 MF>> in addition to the FTN stuff 

 AA> Yes, I noticed references to email and news in the configs.  That little
 AA> package has a lot to boast about!

Yes but it's a bit like Marmite, you either love it or you hate it.  
Most people hate it :-(

Regards,
Martin

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