tux0r

3mo ago

I'm grateful for being able to have a choice like Linux or even BSD family instead having only two proprietary choices: Windows or MacOS.

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If it is "a BSD", Windows is a BSD too.

3mo ago

Bring Affinity Suite to Linux Sign the Petition

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GIMP had almost 25 years to be acceptable. It is still awful to use. Serif’s Affinity was awesome within half a decade.

Must be something with free software that just sucks.

3mo ago

I'm grateful for being able to have a choice like Linux or even BSD family instead having only two proprietary choices: Windows or MacOS.

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macOS is not really BSD. It uses a Mach-like kernel with some of FreeBSD and OpenBSD in its userland. However, given that Linux and some versions of Windows also use BSD code in their network stacks, it should be obvious that “it uses BSD code” is not the same thing as “it is BSD”.

3mo ago

I'm grateful for being able to have a choice like Linux or even BSD family instead having only two proprietary choices: Windows or MacOS.

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Linux would be nothing without Unix.

3mo ago

What kind of mindset do you need to be succesful starting and continuing to use Linux.

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Don’t.

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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I am one of those weirdos who prefer the best tool for a job, not the most popular one. And Git is - for me and my projects with exactly one branch ("trunk") and three or four other contributors, with me being the BDFL - the worst choice.

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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It sure is! Glad I'm not alone. :-)

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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Makes sense.

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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Which VCS capabilities make Git stand out in comparison to all other DVCSs if you don’t need a web UI?

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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Both Mercurial and Git started around the same time as a replacement for BitKeeper - which also was decentralised.

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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So, Fossil is perfect?

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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Mercurial is decentralised, there is no single “source of truth”. (Not counting “upstream”, of course.)

3mo ago

Git without a forge

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Git is quite powerful on its own with version control, diffs, branches, merging, etc.

All version control systems do that, hence my question.

Git was conceived as a bazaar (because of its use for the Linux kernel), but most projects are more like cathedrals. In my opinion, Git is simply over-engineered for most projects. For projects that you don't want to share with others, even CVS would probably suffice...