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From: TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:19 -0500
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On 2024-12-27 08:57, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2024-12-27 10:25, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> On 2024-12-27, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> 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.
> 
> 
+1

TJ