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Stallman isn't interested in practical/useful technology. I doubt the guy who has a panic attack at the thought of his browser executing javascript without his

Stallman isn't interested in practical/useful technology. I doubt the guy who has a panic attack at the thought of his browser executing javascript without his permission and uses an email client to download raw HTML has a good alternative to suggest. His main concern is shaming technology that isn't free and open source. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

wilg 4y ago
I think Blender might be literally the only GPL-licensed GUI-based software that is any good.
- mahmoudhossam 4y ago
  What about GIMP?
  - wilg 4y ago
    It’s no good!
  - TylerE 4y ago
    No. It’s not even the best open source image editor that runs on Linux. In fact, GIMP is the project I’d point to for why the bazaar model doesn’t work for large complicated GUI applications.
    - ashwagary 4y ago
      What's better than GIMP for linux?
      - TylerE 4y ago
        I mean... I'll invoke ImageMagick from the command line before using GIMP... it's that bad. just....bad. What's really sad is how little it's moved in the last, say, 15 years. It's 2023 and it still doesn't even proper CMYK suppport... that's table stakes in this space.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
  Inkscape is great. Audacity is OK although buggy.
  - josephg 4y ago
    I've tried using inkscape on my mac a few years ago. It was a terrible experience. Inkscape was internally rendering at half of my display's resolution, and then it was upscaled. It looked absolutely awful. And none of the keyboard shortcuts matched the platform defaults. Cmd+S for save? Nope. Cmd+Z for cut? Nope. Cmd+A for select all? Nothing worked the way I expected. It felt like I was running a program from the 90s in an emulator.
    - mrelectric 4y ago
      What did blender look few years ago? :p Try new Inkscape, and preferably on its home, Linux.
- 3np 4y ago
  inb4 5 levels of back-and-forth comments no-true-Scotsmanning of great GPL-licensed GUI-based software.
- nextaccountic 4y ago
  And Krita

wilg 4y ago

I think Blender might be literally the only GPL-licensed GUI-based software that is any good.

mahmoudhossam 4y ago
What about GIMP?
- wilg 4y ago
  It’s no good!
- TylerE 4y ago
  No. It’s not even the best open source image editor that runs on Linux. In fact, GIMP is the project I’d point to for why the bazaar model doesn’t work for large complicated GUI applications.
  - ashwagary 4y ago
    What's better than GIMP for linux?
    - TylerE 4y ago
      I mean... I'll invoke ImageMagick from the command line before using GIMP... it's that bad. just....bad. What's really sad is how little it's moved in the last, say, 15 years. It's 2023 and it still doesn't even proper CMYK suppport... that's table stakes in this space.
tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
Inkscape is great. Audacity is OK although buggy.
- josephg 4y ago
  I've tried using inkscape on my mac a few years ago. It was a terrible experience. Inkscape was internally rendering at half of my display's resolution, and then it was upscaled. It looked absolutely awful. And none of the keyboard shortcuts matched the platform defaults. Cmd+S for save? Nope. Cmd+Z for cut? Nope. Cmd+A for select all? Nothing worked the way I expected. It felt like I was running a program from the 90s in an emulator.
  - mrelectric 4y ago
    What did blender look few years ago? :p Try new Inkscape, and preferably on its home, Linux.
3np 4y ago
inb4 5 levels of back-and-forth comments no-true-Scotsmanning of great GPL-licensed GUI-based software.
nextaccountic 4y ago
And Krita