Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2025-01-04, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On 2025-01-04 02:27, RonB wrote:

On 2025-01-04, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On 2025-01-03 18:11, chrisv wrote:

-hh wrote:
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chrisv wrote:

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-highhorse wrote:

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Its a tool like anything else, so use the right tool for the job.
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Advocates in COLA have historically fight against the wisdom of
understanding that everything has its own strengths & weaknesses,
swimming against uses where other solutions are better.

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Of course, -highhorse is lying.  He's a trolling asshole who gets-off
on attacking decent, reasonable people.  His solutions are better, by
gum, and he'll ridicule anyone who thinks otherwise.
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According to the -highhorse troll, "Linux is what sloppy cheapskates
who cut corners prefer to use, rather than a quality product."

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(snipped, unread)

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Let me guess:  Quotes from cola advocates proving that, yes, they do
consider value when making a choice!  How terrible!
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That must mean that they would rather use Windows or Mac!  Not.
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-highhorse doesn't understand the importance of software freedom, so
he takes it out on his moral and intellectual superiors.  He thinks
it's about being a "cheapskate" or a "freeloader".  -highhorse claims
that "the open source nature of Linux tends to attractthe type of
persona who somehow believes that all avenues are one-way streets set
up to benefit him (and only him) as the true & deserving holy center
of the universe."
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-highhorse is a stupid person and an asshole.

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The thing about Linux is that it is indeed for the freeloader... but
it's also for the academic, the gamer, the student, the poor family that
can barely afford to eat and the average user who is content to buy
quality software but also enjoys using the free stuff. I would wager
that open-source enthusiasts actually pay more for software than Windows
or Mac users do, but that they do it by donating to it.

 
Many Windows users openly brag about pirating their software. And Microsoft
basically gives away their office suite and OS to keep you in their
ecosystem. I don't think I've bought a used computer in 15 years that didn't
already have a Windows license built in — and they work all the way up to
Windows 11. (And still, I don't use the crap.)

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A guy I used to hang out with in the 2000s openly told me that he
pirated every game he played even though he could afford to buy them. In
his case, it seemed to be a force of habit though. Back when I was a
teenager, I don't think anyone bought a game at all. I was probably the
only one who ever did.

That's been my experience as well. Since I didn't play games (even when I
used Windows) and had no interest in most Windows software (what I did buy
was on clearance or used) I didn't have much incentive to pirate software.
So changing to Linux didn't change my software buying habits at all. As a
matter of fact, I think I've bought more Linux software than I ever bought
of Windows software (at least paid more).

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“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien