pesky Reply/ReplyAll error... ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: carl hansen <carlhansen1...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 4:32 PM Subject: Re: Users fear GNOME will abolish GTK2, and that Gnome and Redhat have a monopoly over the Gnu+Linux world (thus control over the entire system) To: <nipponm...@firemail.cc>
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 4:21 PM <nipponm...@firemail.cc> wrote: > > Why does Gnome get to have power over what was the GIMP toolkit? > Why do they get to userp and control us? Why do they control the > software ecosystem? Who made them boss? > > > no it got fatter with the GTK3 transition just like xfce. remember GTK3 > > is only useful for people who make software that can take advantage of > > it features. basic desktops like xfce and mate were fine on GTK2 and > > only got bloated going to GTK3. > > > > Everyone transitioning to GTK3 is a sign of fear that the GNOME devs > > will abolish GTK2 in the near future. GNOME and Red Hat hold a monopoly > > over the Linux world. at https://www.gtk.org/download/linux.php we read: "Some applications still require GTK 2, an older stable version of GTK. You can have the run-time and development environments for GTK 3.x, GTK 2.x and GTK 1.2 installed simultaneously on your computer." the GNU project is about FREEDOM. You have complete freedom to keep using GTK2 and software that uses it. There is no way it can be "abolished", since you already have it. Likewise the GNOME developers have complete freedom to program newer versions if they want to. The point of FREE software is that there can be no "monopoly", everyone has the source, and no one is required to use any particular version. User fears about GNOME are exaggerated.
