My condolences :( On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:41 AM farid abdelnour <snd.no...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Peace to all. <3 > > Em qui, 21 de mar de 2019 às 20:21, "Christoph Schäfer" > <christoph-schae...@gmx.de> escreveu: >> >> The Scribus Team is deeply saddened to announce the loss of our friend and >> colleague Peter Linnell who in the end lost his long battle against cancer. >> >> >> It is no understatement to say that without Peter Scribus wouldn't be what >> it is today. It was Peter who spotted the potential of Franz Schmid's >> initially humble Python program and, as a pre-press consultant at the time, >> contacted Franz to make him aware of the necessities of PostScript and PDF >> support, among other things. Peter also wrote the first version of the >> Scribus online documentation, which resulted in his nickname "mrdocs" in IRC >> and elsewhere. Until recently, and despite his detoriating health, Peter >> continued to be involved in building and releasing new Scribus versions. >> >> >> Scribus was the project he helped to set on track and which marked the >> beginning of his journey into the world of Free Software development. While >> it remained at the heart of his commitments to Open Source in general and >> Libre Graphics software in particular, Peter contributed to Free Software in >> many other ways as well. For example via contributions to projects related >> to freedesktop.org, as a package builder of many Free programs for several >> Linux distributions on the openSUSE Build Service, and later as an openSUSE >> board member. Peter was also crucial in bringing the Libre Graphics >> community together by way of sharing his expertise with other >> graphics-oriented projects and his assistance in organzing the first Libre >> Graphics Meetings. In the sometimes ego-driven and often emotional world of >> Open Source development, Peter managed to get along very well with almost >> everybody and never lost his sense of humour. >> >> >> We will remember Peter "mrdocs" Linnell for what he was: an optimist, an >> incredible team player, an honest man and, above all, a friend. >> >> >> Our thoughts are with his family. >> >> >> March 2019, >> The Scribus Team >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org >> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > > > > -- > 1111.1010.r.i.1101|n.o.i.s.1110|i.m.1010.g.1110|مقاومة > fsf member #5439 > usuario GNU/Linux #471966 > |_|0|_| > |_|_|0| > |0|0|0| > <a href="http://www.gunga.com.br";>gunga</a> > <a href="http://www.tempoecoarte.com.br";>tempoecoarte</a> > <a href="http://www.atelier-labs.org";>atelier-labs</a> > <a href="http://www.mocambos.net";>rede mocambos</a> > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
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