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    6 hours ago

    dont forget how they expect you to compile it. some projects offer a nice .msi for windows, a .whatever for mac, and then linux users just get a link to their github. i mean cmon.

    edit: i’m not talking specifically about gimp, my dudes.

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      17 hours ago

      “They” most of the times is solo devs and you can’t blame them for that. GIMP does have flatpak, appimages, etc.

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          I switched to Linux because there were almost no good open source apps on Windows. The comparison is not fair considering how drastically the parameters are changing.

          Also a lot of solo devs do try to maintain some community repos.

          I’m not trying to disagree but I haven’t come across any projects that only wanted the Linux users to build. You can correct me.

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            3 hours ago

            i have found a couple before but havent bothered with them, i don’t remember which they are but it sure peeved me off to be the only one told to “build it yourself”