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BrikoX@lemmy.zip to Opensource@programming.devEnglish · 6 months ago

Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades

www.tomshardware.com

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Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades

www.tomshardware.com

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The slow and steady climb to 3.0 culminates in the most modernized version of GIMP yet.

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The slow and steady climb to 3.0 culminates in the most modernized version of GIMP yet.

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    It’s an acronym: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

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      yeah but it apparently has some disgusting meaning that I always forget as a non-native english user

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        As a native English speaker I didn’t know “gimp” was more than a nonsense word and a lowercase version of this program until your comment. I admit I grew up sheltered and that probably influenced what slang terms, especially unkind ones, I learned about, but otherwise I don’t consider myself particularly deficient in the vocabulary department.

        Offensive word for someone with a physical disability or leg injury, a stupid person, or (not sure if it’s okay in this context) a submissive person in BDSM activities, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary.

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      Seems more like a backronym to me, they could’ve picked something better.

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        Dunno why you’re being downvoted. It’s very obviously deliberately chosen to make 12 year olds giggle.

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        Like GNU Linux Image Enhancement Manager

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        There was a fork with a different name. It bombed.

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          Well you don’t fork a project just to rename it, that’s not why it would have bombed.

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            The Glimpse Editor project shut down because there weren’t enough contributors, and the founder didn’t have enough time to do everything.

            https://web.archive.org/web/20210531113823/https://glimpse-editor.org/posts/a-project-on-hiatus/

            …and yeah it wasn’t just a rename, their github readme suggests they were making UX, accessibility, settings, and plugin changes to make it “enterprise ready” (not sure on the specific details of that though).

            https://web.archive.org/web/20210729071541/https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse

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              Glimpse is a much better name, though.

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                It really is.

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