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From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
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In comp.os.linux.misc chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> chrisv wrote:
>>> Farley Flud wrote:
>>>> The Photoshop lackeys are always the instigators.  They seem greatly
>>>> distressed by the fact that some folks do not worship their idol.
>>> 
>>> And, golly gee, the free product isn't as good as the expensive
>>> product.  What a "tragedy".
>>
>>   LibreOffice beats the crap out of anything M$ offers
>>   these days. 
> 
> I wouldn't know.  Both are more than sufficient for my lightweight
> use.  Obviously I choose to use the cheaper one.

I consider both way too bloated, complicated, and slow so choose
other simpler programs like Ted for word processing. In the same
way I haven't touched PhotoShop or GIMP in a very long time since
mtPaint does everything I want. The fact that neither has very
active development is a plus more than anything - when I do want
to try something more unusual it still works the same as it did
years ago when I tried it last, whereas commercial software or its
open-source copies will have changed everything just for the sake
of keeping busy and looking new.

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