Eldritch

Yeah for me at least it’s kind of sad how GIMP has been on the back burner forever. I was compiling pre 1.0 versions on Debian back in the 90s as it wasn’t in anyone’s repo yet. It’s been a go to software forever regardless of my DE. But at least these days there’s krita for many of those use cases, and it’s QT.

Yeah, for my hobbyist needs I was looking at qt myself. They’ve both been around since 98. But you’re right about gtk being focused on their use only. It’s in the name. Gimp tool kit. Though these days I guess its more GNOME?

Fair point. Also an issue with Wayland ATM too iirc. Hopefully something that sees increased attention now that it’s gone flagship.

Qt, GTK, they’re both solid. But yeah, it is an impressive development.

I’ve used Linux pretty consistently since about 1995-96. In the 90s, it was for the nerdiest of the nerdy computer science students. In the aughts canonical and others brought in a lot of attention, polish, and funding. That knocked off some of the biggest rough edges. Making it a perfectly valid daily driver for general computing for anyone. The 2010s was the decade of wine, proton, steam, and valve. Tearing a gaping hole in Microsoft’s platform lock in. The 2020s are shaping up to be the decade of OEM support. From Tuxedo, to System 76, to framework, to valve themselves.

The last big hurdle was hardware designed to work with and shipped with Linux. It’s been proven now. And there’s no taking it back. There can still be catches and pain points. Proprietary software requirements and bespoke hardware. DRM. But that’s becoming less and less acceptable. I’ve switched my 70 year old parents. Once they’re up and running it’s been less constant support than windows.

Geforce soon, just not geforce now. Nvidia always late to the party.

All the memes posted the other day

Aaaah that explains it.