Gregory's ServerBREAKING: Free Software Foundation announces that the GIMP ("GNU Image Manipulation Program") will finally shed its controversial name, becoming LIGMA ("Libre Image and Graphics Manipulation Application") early next year.
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 @MNNHNewsEnglish honestly though this would be such a great improvement on every level
@silkroad @MNNHNewsEnglish  @MNNHNewsEnglish Notably, the first update using the new name will add a circle tool for drawing certain round objects   @MNNHNewsEnglish because one fucking stupid name is easily replaced by another acronym that makes it less attractive to new users. I love the FSF Just when you think they couldn't be any less relevant they get a whole communal set of spades out and start digging @Cloudguy MNNHNews looks like a bot written to generate plausible looking breaking-news headlines because lulz   @MNNHNewsEnglish @mortaine @AnnTelope @mortaine @MNNHNewsEnglish ableist? The only contraversy I know of the naming specifically is that many web filters especially in schools block it because they think it has something to do with BDSM @Dasy2k1 @MNNHNewsEnglish "Gimp" is an ableist slur. Edit to add: the project itself and the people who work on it are not inherently ableist. @MNNHNewsEnglish@brands.town i don't know. i don't think the acronym is graphic enough. do we get to vote They should get rid of "Manipulation" in the acronym. It implies a pre-existing image when it's also a creative process. It should be called, Libre Image and Graphics Editing & Ink Application (LIGEIA), after Edgar Allen Poe's short story.  @MNNHNewsEnglish Damn, I wanted to make a clever joke about GIMP LIGMA but EJOKESPACEEXHAUSTED. @dasgeek @MNNHNewsEnglish Seems to be a joke, and not a real name change. "Ligma balls" (when said aloud, sounds kinda like "lick my balls") is apparently a common joke insult in some circles, like "deez nuts". ๐ @dasgeek @MNNHNewsEnglish as mentioned, it's a joke. Source: https://digitalcultures.net/slang/internet-culture/ligma/  @MNNHNewsEnglish I feel like if this doesn't at least happen in one massive release on 4/1 I'll be sad about it.   @MNNHNewsEnglish What exactly was the controversy? Were the gimps of the world crying out for relief? This alleged controversy only existed in the delusional minds of people so lacking in character they don't even know what virtue is and must seize upon every opportunity imaginable to pretend they have it. A gimp is also a fishing line made of silk and bound with wire. Should we change that name as well to satisfy the absurd puritans who demand dominion over our language?  @MNNHNewsEnglish that's fucking weird. instead of sending to hell those idiots that stick to the words they play their games.
 @MNNHNewsEnglish Aw, I'd rather touch up my photos in a on program called LIMP. Somebody did actually open a merge request for this (it was rejected): @MNNHNewsEnglish This is deliberately spread misinformation, GIMP will actually be renaming itself to to BOFA ("Binary Open Free Art") @MNNHNewsEnglish Alas, the long nightmare of middle school graphic arts teachers is over.  @MNNHNewsEnglish @jwynia didnโt this happen a while back or was that a fork? Iโve lost track of that situation. @MNNHNewsEnglish I never had an issue with the name, but... LIGMA is an improvement? o_O [mentionuserid="c1b6bfa1-9e22-4fab-a169-eec2b56575d4"]
 @chucker Controversial? While not the best name, controversial it is not. Almost as bad as the nonsense around Tapbots naming Ivory when it was announced. @Terra @MNNHNewsEnglish this is a satire account (and in general brands.town is a satirical instance) @MNNHNewsEnglish What was wrong with the original suggestion #glimpse ?  @MNNHNewsEnglish I hear they're replacing the pepper with a 3D shaded ball |
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