Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Andrzej Matuch wrote:

On 2024-12-29 16:00, TJ wrote:

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

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If I can use this laptop with Fedora on it until the machine inevitably kicks the bucket, I'll be happy. I don't like the idea of changing my hardware every three, four or even five years. If I can go ten with it, I'll be satisfied to retire it in favour of something new from Framework or System76.

I usually buy a new laptop every 3 to 4 years, but that's because I'm interested in how hw develops and I see it as a bit of luxury that I can afford.
My old laptop goes to my father, and his old laptop does duty as a music player or backup server or something similar. I think the oldest one he has is a 11 or 12 year old macbook air, but the battery time is down to 30 minutes or so, so that one is pretty close to retirement.
I'm looking to acquire a new laptop to use as my backup server. The existing one is 9 years old, and I'd like to buy one with at least 1 TB of ssd disk instead of the 512 I have today. Let's see if this is the year when I'll run into something attractive, although I can't escape the feeling that it should be possible to get one for free from some company.