I've come to think of it as a (really) good thing - no financially motivated tech megacorp is gonna sell a monthly "sub to Gimp".
(Tho a clothes rental company might.)
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Idk abt GIMP but hard agree about Gnome. Whenever someone uses a human foot as a logo = certified sex freak.
Or how about 3 naked people in a circle holding hands. And somehow this guy is like one of the least problematic white South African billionaires.
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I remember someone pointed out that GIMP probably would never get adopted in a company or professional environment just because of the name. Imagine suggesting that someone should use "GIMP" in a work meeting, lol. It's not necessarily a problem, but it's a funny limitation that they put on the software.
I use GIMP at work. It's officially approved in a very tightly restrained environment, literally in a repository of software people can install from. At an enterprise with thousands of employees.
I'm pretty sure only people who know what it is install it, never heard anyone so much as mention it.
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See, most people have no clue that "gimp" is a sex thing. They just see it as a funny-sounding acronym. In an actual work meeting, the people who do know wouldn't say anything about it to avoid being seen as the weird ones.
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YouTube apparently censors "GIMP"
What "Gimp" could stand for?
I always thought it was a clever sex pervert acronym for
Graphic
Image
Manipulation
Program
Its actually GNU image manipulation program, so pretty much.
Or "Green Is My Pepper" if you ask RMS...
oh is that why that brush is in there
*GNU Is My Pepper
And originally it was "general image manipulation program".
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Gimp
Is
Mangy
Photoshop
And we're pronouncing it JIMP?
Ohh fuck no don't start this suit again
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I don't understand
It does check out
Glinux
One of the very very few times this meme is used correctly. Congratulations!