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secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

I don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"

www.tomshardware.com

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I don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"

www.tomshardware.com

secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago
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Freeware image editor GIMP 3.0 arrives after seven years of incubation
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Naturally, there are some big changes since 2018's version 2.10.
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    Freeware = Free software

    Technically true.

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      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware

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        I’ve read the first part and it’s all “most often”, “may be”, so, technically, FOSS software is under the freeware umbrella.

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        Yes, but the average person doesn’t give a shit about the technical definition. You know what is meant, don’t be pedantic about it.

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          I’d hope that Tom’s Hardware is written by someone more knowledgeable than “the average person”.

          Otherwise it’s as good as dead.

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          I absolutely agree with you but lemmy is not for the average person (and apparently doesn’t want to be) :D

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          Define average person.

          • Lka1988@sh.itjust.works
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            Go outside and talk to several random people. That’s the average person.

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              Lol. How to explain without explaining 101.

              Being average does not mean that there is no room to explain stuff…

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