Path: ...!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:25:25 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1814c96a2531ed89$71164$2566989$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <441smjp44l5o2ja4c1vlsv32oh2j6m9n4j@4ax.com> <3co24lx2vn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 21:25:25 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f2fbdccd611fab1c0ce18653e3a91068"; logging-data="1888213"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+82njsmH3DOSCirt53M3um39DD2JjBCQ=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:2yZvAH7TlPG2xnrufRwgQ+RyZW4= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2226 On 30/12/2024 19:13, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:35:45 -0500, Andrzej Matuch wrote: > >> I am a fan of anything that is community driven, but I am also aware >> that communities break apart over the most ridiculous of things and >> often use that difference of opinion as a basis to fork a project. > > The Mandrake to Mandriva transition was in part due to a suit by Hearst > over their Mandrake the Magician comic strip. Naming your distro after a > hallucinogenic plant isn't good. > Oh...I dunno... Lophophora williamsii has a certain ring... -- “Ideas are inherently conservative. They yield not to the attack of other ideas but to the massive onslaught of circumstance" - John K Galbraith