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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by lmm on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:03PM (#25724324)
You can contribute all you want but it's not going to be enough to stop Pottering or RedHat from hijacking the project and breaking everything. I used to contribute but these days what's the point?
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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by sfgweilr4f on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:54AM (#25727221)
For more information on "Pottering", a random search produced this:

https://slated.org/the_poetterisation_of_gnu_linux

The more you know.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by m463 on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:14PM (#25738186)
I've never heard of the term before, I wonder if it's the basis for "puttering" as in "puttering about the house"

EDIT: nope, it's more direct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering

a connection the article didn't make clear.

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Re:GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets... by sfgweilr4f on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:18AM (#25743824)
I was quoting the parent comment for misspelling "pottering" as "poettering" since I'd not encountered either term.

I'm not sure using someone's surname is such a great idea for this purpose. But I now at least understand why. Also their anger at the added complexity being done to Linux and surrounding structures including but not limited to systemd.

But these structures are still in flux. Even if it means a mess along the way.

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