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  • It isn’t just a copypasta. As KnowYourMeme points out, it comes from Richard Stallman. Wikipedia has a good article about it here.

    The term GNU/Linux is promoted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and its founder Richard Stallman. Their reasoning is that the GNU project was the main contributor for not only many of the operating system components used in the subsequent development of modern “Linux” systems, but also the associated free software philosophy.


  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.workstolinuxmemes@lemmy.worldGNU-Linux
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    7 days ago

    Certain people get angry if you do not refer to it as GNU/Linux.

    I’ve never seen this happen. I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about these people, though.

    It’s like veganism. I’ve never met a militant vegan, but I’ve heard tons of people complain about them.

    I think it’s an effective strategy to avoid taking about real issues.











  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@lemmy.worldThe problem with GIMP
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    25 days ago

    Use Photoshop once and Gimp is ruined forever.

    This is very much like saying “Use Windows once, and Linux is ruined forever”.

    Once I actually learned how to use GIMP, I was able to appreciate it. It does things differently than PhotoShop, and, in some cases, I preferred the GIMP way of doing things to PhotoShop. It does take time to learn, though, and you can’t just learn PS and then hop onto GIMP and expect to do things the same way.



  • I liked the part where he said that a hard fork was not a solution…and then talks favorably about the name change of OpenOffice to LibreOffice with a fork.

    If the developers won’t bend to the will of the users, you can’t force them. Do what we’ve always done in that situation: make a fork. I’m sure if it’s that important to so many people, it can be done.