Martin Owens

mastodon 4.7.3Inkscape Programmer and Software Freedom Contractor. Graphics, art, computers, politics, ideas, science.
Pronouns: they/them
Politics: A socialist... well, a federated pro-social consensualist... er, or something like that.
Meme Immunity: Innate rebel, adaptive skeptic, and pro-humility
Culture: British, Northern, Industrialist, Riverfolk, Pro-Sustainability, Pie.
My avatar image is a cartoon cat in a bowler hat with a spanner and overalls working on a machine.
Inkscape 1.5 Catch Up Spectacular!
Did you know that #Inkscape is the biggest project on #GitLab after the gitlab codebase itself?
After moving from #launchpad and #bzr, we don't have the energy to move the project again. So it looks like we'll be putting up with whatever GitLab decides to do to us.
A large complicated and, ingrown project like ours would need some very special attention to move. Unfortunately.
RE: @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
This is an unreasonably good article about color, seeing in the real world with examples and a story to tell about the hunt for colors.
If you have a few minutes to spare, maybe a cozy nook; go fill your head will colors.
@danielbierstedt@norden.social
out of your comfort zone
It is very good at increasing confidence. Not so good at that translating into competence though. 😉
Aw poor @GIMP@floss.social; Linus and co were so careful not to turn up the heat on any open source projects trying their best. But Gimp still got both barrels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK02VOGWEv0
Thing is, I think we all know the problems in our own projects. And with the resources we'd figure out these problems.
My Linux Curse is NOT Over... But It's Getting BETTER - Pt.2 Linux 30 Day Challenge 2026
Just had a delightful meeting with @rolandixor@mastodon.social and you know that saying "This meeting could have been an email"
Well this meeting should have been a podcast. 🥰
