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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: This FOSS Thang :-)
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 08:12:38 -0400
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Joel wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>-hh wrote:
>>
>>>So much for fanboy innuendo that these independent developers are better 
>>>because they don't just blindly copy what the professionals do.
>>
>>So much for you not being an idiot.  Ubuntu didn't "blindly" do
>>anything, they just made the wrong choice for their default UI.  You
>>could still choose to run a classic UI.  None of the other distros,
>>AFAIK, followed that lead at all.
>>
>>Choice.  What you don't get from Microshaft and crApple.
>
> Exactly, I happen to think M$'s GUI is logical, and voila, Mint
> Cinnamon gives me essentially the same thing.  Choice.  Others want
> something else.  Also, choice.  It's beautiful.
>
>>'What -hh said about Photoshop - expensive, waste, Gimp does the same
>>for free - is exactly the written position of most if not all
>>"advocates" on cola.'  -  DumFSck, lying shamelessly
>
> I wouldn't assert that GIMP is in every respect equal to Photoshop,
> but I can say that I was not especially impressed with Photoshop, I
> still had months left on my year of it when I deleted Win11, and
> couldn't give a fuck less.  GIMP all the way, now.

And it can be complemented by apps like Krita and Inkscape.

Not fond of Adobe. Bloated expensive apps crammed down your throat by "The
Corporation".  (Along with Cisco and Microsoft stuff.)

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