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  • GIMP 3.0 will come with the next Debian release.
    When will that come out?
    When it’s ready.
    You can get a bit of an idea where in the release process we are by looking at this graph:

    Where the green and blue lines dip close to zero, there was a new release.
    Next release is probably planned for October 2025.

    Between releases, packages are only updated when it’s relevant for security or to fix bugs.
    Thunderbird and Firefox are a bit of an exception. Those programs are so complex that backporting security fixes to the current Debian version isn’t feasible. So Debian is forced to ship the new version when security issues in the current version become known.
    And they’re also not needed on servers, so the reduced stability doesn’t affect them.











  • They’re trash because they’re free.
    Traditional games need to be good, so people buy them.
    You don’t need to buy mobile games. But developers need to eat. So the money needs to be extracted from the people while they play.
    So you need to implement microtransactions and design the entire game around making them necessary for success.
    But most people stop playing a game at some point when they’ve beaten it, or are getting bored ot it.
    So you need to make your game addictive instead.

    The same principle applies to so many things (for example news).
    If you don’t pay for it up front, the entire thing will be designed around extracting money from you during use.
    Which means it needs to be designed to draw you in and keep you addicted. Delivering quality content is literally worthless.