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Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates Meet for the First Time Ever (www.theverge.com)
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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds have apparently never met in person before, despite their pseudo-rivalry.

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[–] subignition@fedia.io 24 points 3 weeks ago (30 children)

Big tech designing their products to be overly simple is one of the driving forces behind the average user having poor patience and aptitude for tech.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Barf. Or maybe, just maybe, we have other shit to do rather than spend hours trying to figure out how to do one thing in Gimp. It's great that YOU'RE passionate about tech. Some of us have other hobbies. Imagine that holy shit

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 22 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Buddy, if I open Photoshop it's gonna take me hours to learn how to do one thing too, what a horrible example lmao. There's like so many easy slam dunks you could've said too.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Also, I never mentioned Photoshop. Open any standard drawing app that was developed recently: Procreate, Infinite Paint, Krita, Fresco. Look how straightforward it is to start working. Look at the Ui. It doesn't get in the way.

Edit: oh no the FOSS evangelists are not feeling it. I get it. I use a lot of FOSS apps for work. That doesn't mean we have to be evangelical in our defense of FOSS. Recognize there are issues and we can work to fix them. Don't get so defensive, Lemmy. My god.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not going to spend hours downloading all of those and comparing and contrasting how easy I find their UIs. Some people have different hobbies. Imagine that, holy shit!

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hey guess what? They pretty have the same minimalist ui. Way to miss the entire point I made

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