Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:57:55 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3co24lx2vn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net KXMryCC8Mh0Rq9g4Qmm5tAvjbrBXA+TBkRjT3XmY3OgY6CEQIT X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:lIQm57jmq0zqD2ULe8V0W3KGRgg= sha256:bG4x7X5lMzPygweaaiC6CvcZl08Ez/NLB8T8EdhibhE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2125 On 2024-12-27 10:25, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2024-12-27, Joel wrote: > >> There's no doubt that running Windows or macOS allows one to access >> commercial software that would best GIMP, but that doesn't mean GIMP >> is without a lot of use, it's good enough for me to get by, as LO or >> WPS Office suites for me are fine, I'm not married to M$ or Adobe. But >> we have to understand the people who are married to them, and feel >> lucky that our burdens are so much lighter. > > For many people, it's nothing more than a pissing match over the number > of features that their favourite software package offers. Whether they > actually use those features or not is irrelevant. > > Meanwhile, those of us who just want to get the job done ignore all > that and look for a package that does what we want without all that > other stuff getting the way. > Well, I appreciate that I can get gratis a piece of software that is that good. Maybe commercial software is better, dunno. It doesn't matter to me, it covers way more than my needs. -- Cheers, Carlos.