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GIMP has received a $100k donation from the GNOME foundation (the foundation received a $400k donation from Handshake.org)

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  1. ERR-403
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    Personally I think this is a very generous donation from the GNOME foundation. 1/4 of a very large donation is very nice.

    Personally I think this is a very generous donation from the GNOME foundation. 1/4 of a very large donation is very nice.

    7 votes
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    ourari
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    Good news. Now that gaming on Linux is going full Steam ahead ;) the only thing I hear people saying is holding them back from making the switch is Adobe's suite. Ensuring GIMP can improve goes...

    Good news. Now that gaming on Linux is going full Steam ahead ;) the only thing I hear people saying is holding them back from making the switch is Adobe's suite. Ensuring GIMP can improve goes toward offering people viable alternatives.

    This reminds me of an earlier donation this year. Elementary OS received $1M USD back in May.

    6 votes
    1. ERR-403
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      Yes. I think 2018-2019 is going to be good for Linux/open source, with the Purism phone releasing and Elementary OS, GIMP & GNOME all receiving large donations, and Steam's Proton.

      Yes. I think 2018-2019 is going to be good for Linux/open source, with the Purism phone releasing and Elementary OS, GIMP & GNOME all receiving large donations, and Steam's Proton.

      7 votes
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    Shahriar
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    I just came from the thread where Mozilla is removing Symanetic's trust factor in certificates, and was just wondering why do we have them? Now visiting the link OP listed, it seems the...

    I just came from the thread where Mozilla is removing Symanetic's trust factor in certificates, and was just wondering why do we have them?

    Now visiting the link OP listed, it seems the alternatives I was thinking about is a real thing!

    Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol compatible with DNS where every peer is validating and in charge of managing the root zone with the goal of creating an alternative to existing Certificate Authorities. Its purpose is not to replace the DNS protocol, but to replace the root zone file and the root servers with a public commons.

    3 votes
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      ERR-403
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      We as in Tildes? tildes.net's certificate is from Let's Encrypt

      We as in Tildes? tildes.net's certificate is from Let's Encrypt

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      1. Shahriar
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        We as in users of the internet. Sorry for the confusion, I was not referring to Tildes exclusively!

        We as in users of the internet. Sorry for the confusion, I was not referring to Tildes exclusively!

        3 votes