English is slightly ambiguous here. As tighten has 2 meanings. Turning a screw clockwise is to tighten it, as opposed to loosen it anticlockwise. But it’s quite loose. Finally, to make it tight and secure, you tighten it with one last turn.

Yes. For me, creating car body shells, FreeCAD doesn’t come close. It seems most FOSS programmers don’t need complex shape surfacing to scratch an itch, so that is a long way off. For now.

Yes. Sure. I see. Thanks. Maybe I was too focussed. Non IT people are nerdy too.

Lol ok

Ah. True. Thanks. Yes dark times with hardware compatibility back then.

I might be an idiot, but I’m not going to use a Mac.

This meme also perpetuates the myth that to use Linux you must be an IT person. I just use it as a user.

Not great to laugh at the mess Linux is in, due to people paddling in different, incompatible, directions. Users can’t choose the package format. They have to take what they are given. Good or bad. I don’t care which format. As long as it works. But this is a good way to scare more people off of Linux.

Gimp isn’t perfect. But neither is Photoshop. In fact Lightroom users grizzle that Photoshop is so much harder to use than Lightroom. It’s a different animal.

I use Pinta or Paint.Net when I want a quick edit. But Gimp has the tools for serious editing. More tools, more hard to use.

Some Gimp things, yes! should be improved. And other things are being improved as we speak. And some things can be done on a photo much easier in Inkscape.

I hope the whiners donated to Gimp development? No? Then just please step back, and think for a bit. If thinking is too hard, then just take a deep breath.

I blame the Linux gatekeepers, keeping people on Windows. By pushing out misinformation to Linux newbies who ask a question online, and scaring them away.

Yes. Owning a car is a constant expense. For something that gets used a small percent of the day.

I rent if I ever need a car. The rent by-the-minute schemes near me include charging or fuel, insurance and everything for ~25ct/minute. Ideal for local trips with passengers. Otherwise I bike everywhere in Munich.

My nearest transport is a nice grassy tram track. Trams can rumble past street cafes and pedestrian areas with less disturbance and smell than a busy car road. But they don’t have the speed of an underground or rural train. Commuters usually want the fastest option. Trams have their place as part of an integrated system. But they take up surface space and get held up when they intersect with traffic or deep snow. Safety-wise they do occasionally hit an errant car or person on the line. A friend was hit and in a coma after not spotting a tram while crossing at a bad place. But people in the city normally get out of the way as they don’t want the driver to ring his loud bell at them.

So trams have their pros and cons.