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We are very happy to present you with GIMP 3.0.0 RC1! šŸ„³

This is our first release candidate for what will be GIMP 3.0.0. Now is the time for everyone to test!

It is the result of years of work. I'm sure it still has many bugs (and you should report!), but we hope you will still appreciate the new version. šŸ¤—

gimp.org/news/2024/11/06/gimp-

24 comments
Ray Of Sunlight

@GIMP I wish i could test it, but besides of not having a computer, i don't know how to properly test things

Zekovski

@Ray_Of_Sunlight @GIMP
One way of testing is to just use it like normal and report when you encounter bugs or weird things.

Marta šŸŒæšŸø

@GIMP I'd like to test it but I don't use flatpack. Is there an appimage?

ljĀ·rk

@Triffen @GIMP Not yet:

> Bruno Lopes has truly taken the lead to improve our build and packaging process on multiple platforms.
>
> Over the summer, he created an experimental AppImage build (as detailed in a prior news post). If you are interested in improving it further and hopefully making it available as a standard download, please get in touch! Bruno has also created flatpak build scripts to make the process of creating your own GIMP flatpak much easier.

It's not there yet since there are many things (continued from my quote) Bruno is tackling with AppImage being just one and this work isn't completely done yet, but can continue til release.

@Triffen @GIMP Not yet:

> Bruno Lopes has truly taken the lead to improve our build and packaging process on multiple platforms.
>
> Over the summer, he created an experimental AppImage build (as detailed in a prior news post). If you are interested in improving it further and hopefully making it available as a standard download, please get in touch! Bruno has also created flatpak build scripts to make the process of creating your own GIMP flatpak much easier.

Joe

@jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP Yes, it's long overdue. The least disruptive name change would be to call it GNU IMP.

0xThylacine

@not2b @jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP šŸ’Æ this.

When they change the name, I'll boost everything with that new name. (I've - I suspect like many - used this software for well over 2 decades and it is my goto image editing app - until I switched from CaptureOne to DarkTable, I used it to add the copyright to every one of my posted photos).

Until then, they will only hear radio silence from this account.

The ball is in their court.

techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.
As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

I guess that's typical weird Western mindset of cultural purity ā”ā (ā ļæ£ā ćƒ˜ā ļæ£ā )ā ā”Œ

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.
As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

Joe

@techpengu @georgebaily @GIMP Notice the order. The most common meaning is listed first. I have a lot of respect for the project and the program, but the name is not the best. I suggested GNU IMP as it then still expands to GNU Image Manipulation Program. There are other possibilities.

techpengu

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP The order is still biased on region, right?

English these days becomes such a global language to the point each region makes it own rules and meaning.

In English Asia, Singaporean English, or Malaysian English, gimp as a slur is simply irrelevant.

Forcing American or British English as the default is racist.

Ryan Dormanesh

@techpengu @not2b @georgebaily @GIMP Forget the order, NONE of the definitions have anything relevant to the program. Also please watch the film Pulp Fiction, it was a major release in the 90s with viewers across the globe, and anyone who has seen it has a horrible horrible character brought to mind by this name.

Alma

@techpengu maksudnya si George, Joe itu sama aja kaya pakai kata "lonte" terus itu dijadiin nama aplikasi šŸ˜‚. Banyak native english-speaker gak suka nama "GIMP" karena itu emang culturally gak enak didengar dan bermakna negatif.

Kalau kamu mikir "artiin suatu kata dalam english = rasis" itu gak benar. Rasis darimana? Toh kalau misalkan ada app buatan bule yang pakai nama "kont*l", kamu sebagai orang indo mungkin gak bakalan suka karena bagimu culturally itu bermakna jelek.

Alessio Vanni

@GIMP
Amazing! I can't test it because I kinda rely on the program being stable, but the moment the non-RC is out I'll update!

Der Zentrum

@GIMP

Great, can wait to test it.

The first thing I will check: does it have a circle drawing tool, finally? šŸ˜„

CĆ©cile HĆ©bert

@GIMP Cool ! I am using GIMP since the beginning, something around 1998! Incredible tool.

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