Comments on: With gThumb and Gnote in Ubuntu 10.04, Default Install Would be Leaner, Mono Free http://techrights.org/2009/11/23/gthumb-and-gnote-ubuntu/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NotZed http://techrights.org/2009/11/23/gthumb-and-gnote-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-76004 NotZed Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:12:22 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22457#comment-76004 I don't know how big gweather is now, but I noticed last time it was installing it was a monster, like over 50MB. With bloat like that surely there's more crap one can get rid of before killer apps like The Gimp. I don’t know how big gweather is now, but I noticed last time it was installing it was a monster, like over 50MB. With bloat like that surely there’s more crap one can get rid of before killer apps like The Gimp.

]]> By: your_friend http://techrights.org/2009/11/23/gthumb-and-gnote-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-76003 your_friend Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:26:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22457#comment-76003 Everthing related to Microsoft involves coercion and mono is no exception. Mono proponents are just another form of Technical Evangelist. People who rightly questioned Microsoft's motives and promises have been ridiculed and libeled in a way that discourages others from joining the conversation. Microsoft has been doing this to people for decades. How much more blatant can it get than when a Novell Vice President talks about people with a family to support should stay away from free software? These people are gangsters. BN has been attacked repeatedly but Roy has never done more than present facts, quote the principles and draw obvious conclusions from it all. Notice that half of the facts above were assembled by referencing older articles. For pointing out the obvious, he's been threatened with lawsuits, insulted in the vilest ways and had his career threatened. This is what happens when you cross a company as rich and craven as Microsoft is. Everthing related to Microsoft involves coercion and mono is no exception. Mono proponents are just another form of Technical Evangelist. People who rightly questioned Microsoft’s motives and promises have been ridiculed and libeled in a way that discourages others from joining the conversation. Microsoft has been doing this to people for decades. How much more blatant can it get than when a Novell Vice President talks about people with a family to support should stay away from free software? These people are gangsters.

BN has been attacked repeatedly but Roy has never done more than present facts, quote the principles and draw obvious conclusions from it all. Notice that half of the facts above were assembled by referencing older articles. For pointing out the obvious, he’s been threatened with lawsuits, insulted in the vilest ways and had his career threatened. This is what happens when you cross a company as rich and craven as Microsoft is.

]]> By: dyfet http://techrights.org/2009/11/23/gthumb-and-gnote-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-76001 dyfet Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:09:35 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=22457#comment-76001 This sounds like an excellent facts based approach to the problem. Sometimes poor choices, when clearly not being made through Microsoft coercion and malice, are still made as a result of ignorance. I think this is such a case, especially where it can be demonstrated that gthumb is a superior choice in ways that most matter to user experience. Performance, especially when we start to talk about arm, is also essential. This sounds like an excellent facts based approach to the problem. Sometimes poor choices, when clearly not being made through Microsoft coercion and malice, are still made as a result of ignorance. I think this is such a case, especially where it can be demonstrated that gthumb is a superior choice in ways that most matter to user experience. Performance, especially when we start to talk about arm, is also essential.

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