Comments on: Hypothesis: Mono Proponents Will Replace GIMP with Paint.NET http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/20/gimp-removed-from-ubuntu/ Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:28:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: NotZed http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/20/gimp-removed-from-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-75806 NotZed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:40 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22178#comment-75806 Wow. That's bullshit. No words can describe ... Wow. That’s bullshit. No words can describe …

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/20/gimp-removed-from-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-75779 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:58 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22178#comment-75779 You realise that the above quote is not from me, right? You realise that the above quote is not from me, right?

]]> By: Dylan McCall http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/20/gimp-removed-from-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-75778 Dylan McCall Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:20 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22178#comment-75778 I was somewhat perturbed by this quote... "I actually made a serious proposal to ship Digikam on the GNOME spin. I even offered to help making it use QGtkStyle when running under GNOME and this kind of stuff. They rejected it anyway." See, the reason Fedora's GNOME spin can't ship with Digikam is because Digikam is an app for KDE! It's not just about theming. It is about the enormous load of dependencies it pulls in (just for itself). This isn't just affecting the end users and installation media; it means that Fedora would have to support a lot of KDE stuff directly in its GNOME spin. Doable, but not sane. Roy, my biggest concern is that your site is so fixated on the legal stuff that your articles are completely oblivious to other aspects of software development. I was somewhat perturbed by this quote…
“I actually made a serious proposal to ship Digikam on the GNOME spin. I even offered to help making it use QGtkStyle when running under GNOME and this kind of stuff. They rejected it anyway.”

See, the reason Fedora’s GNOME spin can’t ship with Digikam is because Digikam is an app for KDE! It’s not just about theming. It is about the enormous load of dependencies it pulls in (just for itself). This isn’t just affecting the end users and installation media; it means that Fedora would have to support a lot of KDE stuff directly in its GNOME spin. Doable, but not sane.

Roy, my biggest concern is that your site is so fixated on the legal stuff that your articles are completely oblivious to other aspects of software development.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/20/gimp-removed-from-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-75777 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:32 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22178#comment-75777 That's what Jeremy Allison suggested (also to remove Mono and Mono applications from normal repositories). That’s what Jeremy Allison suggested (also to remove Mono and Mono applications from normal repositories).

]]> By: williami http://boycottnovell.com/2009/11/20/gimp-removed-from-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-75776 williami Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22178#comment-75776 I'm going to switch over to Mandriva or GNewSense on my laptop if this mess happens. If I had control at Canonical, I would keep the GIMP and remove Mono altogether from Ubuntu. I’m going to switch over to Mandriva or GNewSense on my laptop if this mess happens. If I had control at Canonical, I would keep the GIMP and remove Mono altogether from Ubuntu.

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