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• @marting@hub.hubzilla.de 2026-08-07 06:43

  @@x3lz@mastodon.social Because if someone has done something that appeared not to be politically correct, no matter what, no matter when, they must be cancelled and boycotted at all costs for all eternity. For if you don’t, you’re just as bad as them. That’s how it is. I guess the reason why many have switched from GIMP to Krita, pulling in half a KDE Plasma 6 desktop if they aren't already on Plasma, is not because Krita is objectively more powerful, not because they boycott something with such an ableist name as “GIMP”, but because GIMP = GNU = Richard M. Stallman. In fact, Stallman may be at least one reason for many people to use Plasma, LXQt, i3wm or the like: They want to keep any and all GNU code away from their machines all the way down to Gtk+ because Gtk+ = GNU = Richard M. Stallman. The only reason why there isn't a mass exodus away from GNU/Linux is because there are hardly any Linux-based distros commonly known for not using the GNU Userland, and because GNU/Linux users can't imagine having nearly as much software available on BSD. Or they can't find a BSD whose creators and maintainers are perfect angels. #Political Correctness #Boycott "#Cancel Culture #GNU #GNU/Linux #Gtk+ #GIMP #Richard M. Stallman

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