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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:53:19 -0500
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Farley Flud wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:41:03 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> How long has version 3 been in the works? Seems like years.
>
> Too long for you?  Well, then why don't you contribute to its
> development?
>
> GIMP offers many channels for contributors.
>
> Otherwise stop complaining.  This is FOSS, and FOSS does
> not magically grow on trees.

I wasn't complaining, dumbass.

> GIMP is one of the great wonders of the FOSS world.
>
> GIMP outshines commercial competitors in many areas but
> commercial software is oriented towards idiots.  GIMP,
> for the most part, is not.
>
> Like LibreOffice, GIMP is GIMP and it does not attempt
> any emulation.

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