Busy weekend
So in my increased frustration, I was editing a JPG in The GIMP on Linux (doing selective color, and retouching bits of it), when it bombed with the OOM killer (earlier today, it was Firefox, while I was typing a blog entry). Needless to say, I was far from impressed. What shocked me is that MacGIMP costs money! Maybe its time to get used to paying for software. Gimp Shop looks like a cool alternative, or it looks like I’m building The GIMP just as well.
In my quest to find a Carbon-ized Emacs, I started building my own. Seems going to the mac/ directory, and just doing ./make-package –self-contained will build it ready for deployment; but it fails gloriously for me. Manual building, and moving Emacs.app to Applications works, however. Now to find a Liferea replacement, and maybe I’ll start cleanly with Thunderbird - Evolution might have pooped itself from the various moves from x86->ppc32->x86_64->ppc32->x86.
“A true connoiseur finds alcoholic bliss in a simple cup of tea” –Chinese saying. Good quote to keep around. In other notes, went on a little city trip yesterday, and realise my iPod 3G only lasts a measly 7 hours. I never faced this in long flights because I carry a Belkin Backup Battery Pack (20 hours on 4AAs), but now it’d seem I might need it on long days out as well :( iPod Shuffles give 12 hours while the Mini gives 18 hours - now I’m tempted to get the latter, just for day trips… I also caught Freddy vs. Jason - gruesome.
A reflecting Langham, on the Yarra
Today, out of the blue, Wanz decided we needed to visit the beach. So a bunch of us (Arthur, Audrey, Josh, Sng, Susan, James, Michelle) decided to head to Brighton Beach. If that wasn’t enough, with little bits of sport nearby, we headed to St. Kilda for more fun (i.e. ice cream eating). So officially, Sunday became the day of visiting beaches - spring’s here, and the 20C days are excellent. Winds were crazy, though. And my camera’s sensor is dirty :(
August 28th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
You could try Gimp.app as well:
http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/
It is regular old Gimp with a X11 launcher basically, it has a decent aqua emulation theme. I think it is essentially identical to MacGIMP and I have never understood why MacGIMP thinks they should charge.
August 28th, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Cool, thank you very much Nathan. No need to build, yet get my OSS software. Best of both worlds.
August 29th, 2005 at 6:27 am
MacGIMP is just a cash grab. These people sell Open Source software verbatim. I yet have to find a patch for AbiWord or a penny. Yes, they sell AbiWord too and we, the developers, haven’t gotten a penny.
You best bet is Fink or DarwinPorts.