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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago

The problem with GIMP

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The problem with GIMP

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The GIMP name controversy, explained
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GIMP was named after a character in Pulp Fiction. More than 20 years later, the name remains controversial and could be holding back the project.
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    20•1 year ago

    I have no stake in this, but maybe just drop the ‘p’?

    GIM avoids the slur but is still very close to the current name.

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      Digital Image Editor

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        12•1 year ago

        “Hey, can you recommend a good free photoshop alternative?”

        “DIE!”

      • Trailblazing Braille Taser
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        2•1 year ago

        GNU Raster Editing Program - GREP

        Graphical Image Tool - GIT

        Photo Editing with Raster Layers - PERL

        Visual Image Manipulator - VIM

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          I love them all! Here a fork from one of your suggestions:

          Nonlinear Visual Image Manipulator - NVIM

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      Plus they could announce the rebrand by replacing the weird dog chewing on a brush with the same weird dog lifting weights

      Hitting the GIM.

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        Lifting brushes

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          Brushes with bellpeppers attached to them

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        2•1 year ago

        I dig it!

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      If it wasn’t for StarOffice/OpenOffice/LibreOffice Impress, is have thought a rename to Impress would be a good name.

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      27•1 year ago

      Plus as an added bonus we can have the ‘gif’ pronunciation disagreement!

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        9•1 year ago

        easy enough to resolve, since the G stands for GNU just pronounce it the same as that, and since GNU stands for GNU’S not UNIX, it pronounces G the same as GNU, which pronounces G the same as GNU, which pronounces G the same as GNU, which pronounces G the same as GNU, which pronounces G the same as GNU

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          2•1 year ago

          JNU

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        The good old JNU licence.

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          5•1 year ago

          Just like the good old Jraphics Interchange Format!

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            4•1 year ago

            REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

            GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE GIRAFFE

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            1•1 year ago

            The great JFEGs of our time

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