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The problem with GIMP (www.spacebar.news)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Gimp issue is not the name, it's the outdated UI and the dumb usage decisions like saving only in it's format. I moved to krita some years ago and I think that's the future. Gimp will still be along for a long time, and it should as its a great piece of software. Bit that's it.

Alternatives are good, and having krita and gimp is good.

Gimp name? Never even occurred to me that could be offensive. Not American here. Americans, get out of your asses (joking)... You are often offensive to the world but you don't care (not so much joking, and ofc I am wrong in generalization), so why should the others?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Libre Graphics Manipulation App

LiGMA.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Deez GNUs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Figma Execs: What's LiGMA?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I never knew the word was used as a slur or had sexual connotations. I thought it was a verb akin to "nerf" or "cripple", as in "Windows 11 gimped the taskbar functionality." I guess this word is still bad, as I want to enhance, not "gimp," my pictures.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Krita has mostly left GIMP in the dust, as far as UI and basic tools. The brush engine and ability to handle large files is so much better. It's vector and text tools need work, and so do the image filters and such. Even so, Krita destroys GIMP. Even the name, which isn't great, is leagues better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Curious. I always imagined it was a reference to the folklore create 'Imp'.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

GNU Image Manipulation Program (or Project)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

The simple solution is to change it to a BSD license and call it BLIMP

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