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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 14:15:23 JST 翠星石

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   @Fullmetal2255 In reality;
   >Using GNU/Linux-libre in front of classmates.
   >Teacher says; "Ok students, now open photoshop".
   >I sign - this school is meant to teach the students an education, not teach them to surrender their freedom without thinking, and M-! gimp.
   >Everyone else is having troubling launching it and it refuses to work on several computers and demands a "license login".
   >A girl next to me asks me what it is - I tell her that's it's the GNU Image Manipulation Program that respects the users freedom.
   >She asks me about how much it costs - I tell her that it's gratis, but that's of lesser importance than how it's free.
   >Finally, 15 minutes later everyone with issues have changed computers and logged in.
   >The teacher says "Ok class, now used the shape tool to draw a circle!".
   >Ellipse Tool (e), draw circle, Edit -> Stroke Selection
   >Adobe's proprietary goons are waiting for me in the parking lot after school, but I am ready and cave their proprietary skulls in with my GNUbooted thinkpad.
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     TechnoCore Patriot (sunbeam_rider@social.silosneeded.com)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 14:30:28 JST TechnoCore Patriot

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     @Suiseiseki @Fullmetal2255 In my CS classes it was unironically like this. No surprises there of course, while everyone was fighting their machines because winblows blows I had already completed the assignments
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