Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2024-12-29 12:57, Farley Flud wrote:

I scoff at these idiots who purchase exorbitant pickup trucks/SUVs
and then fill them up with sub-grade, discount gasoline.
 Every vehicle deserves only TOP TIER gas, and every computer deserves
only customized GNU/Linux.
 

My grandfather's 72-year-old tractor is still an important part of our machinery fleet, used almost every day during the growing season. The manual states: "Use a good, clean, gasoline with an octane rating of at least 65."
I can't find any of the 65 octane stuff, so I use 87, closest I can get. With an optional manifold, the manual says the tractor is supposed to be able to run on something called "low-cost fuel," whatever that is. I can't find any of that, either.
I *could* buy premium, TOP TIER gas for it, but it would be a complete waste of money that I don't have, and I might have to de-tune the timing so it would run the way it should. I don't have the time, or the inclination, to do that.
As for my Linux installs, Mageia only needs a little customization here and there to get it the way I like it, so that's what I use. Besides, as the Leader of the Mageia Quality Assurance Team, I really ought to use the distro pretty much as is if it's to stay usable by the less experienced users that don't know yet what to change and what to leave alone.
YMMV.
TJ