often, yes, the same questions are made; but just as often the questions are set in different contexts or asked in different communities. regardless, technology and the opinions around it change, so some new discussions should be started regularly, if just to prevent information from stagnating.
the difference between asking a genuine question and those crude responses (and similarly, your comment), is that the question has a purpose: it sparks constructive conversation by inviting people to share their opinion, and the (helpful) responses ultimately benefit the asker. whereas the responses only exist to spite those looking for genuine answers; to waste their time and put them down. to reply like that benefits you only with a sense of superiority, at the cost of depreciating and sidetracking the discussion.
before you compare this chain to a toxic comment, realize that neither of us are reiterating dogma or making attacks at the other’s willingness to learn.
i’m not saying what is being said here has never been said before, just that your average reader may very well take away new perspective from both arguments.
and isnt that what discussion is all about ?
People make regularly updated lists of possible alternatives to various applications. Finding them is a matter of firing up the search engine of choice and just entering the search terms.
Also: That question literally gave no context at all. Something along the lines of “My circumstances are XY and Gimp is not suitable because of YZ” is missing completely. I got a proper answer by asking Microsoft Copilot “What are alternatives to GIMP? I’m looking for an option that I can use with Debian 12. An open source application is preferred but not mandatory.” and got a proper list of open source and web-based solutions that includes Krita, Photopea, Pixlr, and Pinta.
My mom is approaching 80 years old and can do better web searches than the person from the screenshot.
often, yes, the same questions are made; but just as often the questions are set in different contexts or asked in different communities. regardless, technology and the opinions around it change, so some new discussions should be started regularly, if just to prevent information from stagnating.
the difference between asking a genuine question and those crude responses (and similarly, your comment), is that the question has a purpose: it sparks constructive conversation by inviting people to share their opinion, and the (helpful) responses ultimately benefit the asker. whereas the responses only exist to spite those looking for genuine answers; to waste their time and put them down. to reply like that benefits you only with a sense of superiority, at the cost of depreciating and sidetracking the discussion.
before you compare this chain to a toxic comment, realize that neither of us are reiterating dogma or making attacks at the other’s willingness to learn. i’m not saying what is being said here has never been said before, just that your average reader may very well take away new perspective from both arguments. and isnt that what discussion is all about ?
Not that often, no. This is among the questions that get asked all the time. It amounts to spamming. We’re not talking here about a question that was last asked 10 years ago and is now massively out of date.
People make regularly updated lists of possible alternatives to various applications. Finding them is a matter of firing up the search engine of choice and just entering the search terms.
Also: That question literally gave no context at all. Something along the lines of “My circumstances are XY and Gimp is not suitable because of YZ” is missing completely. I got a proper answer by asking Microsoft Copilot “What are alternatives to GIMP? I’m looking for an option that I can use with Debian 12. An open source application is preferred but not mandatory.” and got a proper list of open source and web-based solutions that includes Krita, Photopea, Pixlr, and Pinta.
My mom is approaching 80 years old and can do better web searches than the person from the screenshot.