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Gimp is 25 years old today

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Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by Lammy »

Fun fact: the name is a Pulp Fiction reference :) https://www.xach.com/gg/1997/1/profile/1/

"It took us a little while to come up with the name. We knew we wanted an image manipulation program like Photoshop, but the name IMP sounded wrong. We also tossed around XIMP (X Image Manipulation Program) following the rule of when in doubt prefix an X for X11 based programs. At the time, Pulp Fiction was the hot movie and a single word popped into my mind while we were tossing out name ideas. It only took a few more minutes to determine what the 'G' stood for."

It's a shame how so many people these days want to change the name and destroy such an early and enduring example of gay representation in Free Software.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by gimpuser »

fortran77 wrote: post #16
mconigliaro wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Look everyone, someone is offended! A first for 2020! Someone give this guy an award!

Why does @dang and Hacker News think it's OK to mock the physically disabled?

You are mocking your own ability to critically think. That's all.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by mastazi »

gimpuser wrote: post #15
fortran77 wrote: post #9

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Agreed. It's an unfortunate word. There are better choices that wouldn't exclude people.

I've used Gimp for 15 years and never once has being handicap or disabled reference crossed my mind while using this software until you just brought it up. You should reconsider reaching so hard.

Is English your first language? I ask because I didn't consider this a problem until 10-ish years ago, when I migrated to a mostly English-speaking country and many people I would be talking to, would be aware of that meaning.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by CharlesW »

neolog wrote: post #19
CharlesW wrote: post #12

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Between it's derogatory and sexual definitions, I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. If you're in a similar position, try Glimpse. https://glimpse-editor.github.io/

> I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. What kind of work do you do?

I work at a technology company that knows what apps people run on their computers, but even if I didn't I would no more use an app called "GIMP" than I would one called "FAG". The name is pretty offensive IMHO.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by Lipsey »

jes5199 wrote: post #14

GIMP is such a strange tool. I actually have used it, semi-frequently - since the 90s! The overall experience of using it has only changed a little in that time. And it gets the job done. I guess that makes it successful! What else has been so stable? But of all the software I have ever used, GIMP is the most difficult to learn. I memorized a few tutorials, this must have been around Y2K, to do the a couple things. A…

I found it odd coming from tools like Macromedia Fireworks or Coreldraw because I was expecting to add shapes, fill and pan objects in the canvas. But as soon as I grasped the difference between vector based and raster based tools and why layers are important it became easy.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by edgyquant »

jes5199 wrote: post #14

GIMP is such a strange tool. I actually have used it, semi-frequently - since the 90s! The overall experience of using it has only changed a little in that time. And it gets the job done. I guess that makes it successful! What else has been so stable? But of all the software I have ever used, GIMP is the most difficult to learn. I memorized a few tutorials, this must have been around Y2K, to do the a couple things. A…

Yeah you just described me too. I learned it as GIMPShopPro (a resin for Windows that looked liked photoshop) and when I switched to Linux in 2007ish I learned the basics of normal GIMP and have used it weekly ever since without learning anything new. Never thought about it until now.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by edgyquant »

Lammy wrote: post #21

Fun fact: the name is a Pulp Fiction reference :) https://www.xach.com/gg/1997/1/profile/1/ "It took us a little while to come up with the name. We knew we wanted an image manipulation program like Photoshop, but the name IMP sounded wrong. We also tossed around XIMP (X Image Manipulation Program) following the rule of when in doubt prefix an X for X11 based programs. At the time, Pulp Fiction was the hot movie and a…

Eh the gimp scene in that film isn’t a good representation.

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by mastazi »

neolog wrote: post #19
CharlesW wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Between it's derogatory and sexual definitions, I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. If you're in a similar position, try Glimpse. https://glimpse-editor.github.io/

> I can't realistically use an app called "GIMP" at work even if I was personally comfortable with it. What kind of work do you do?

I'm not parent but probably they work in a corporate environment where you have to talk to someone about what apps you're going to have installed on your machine and get them approved. Based on my experience it's quite common at companies over a few hundreds employees. If the company is publicly traded, then you're almost guaranteed having to go through that because of regulatory concerns (I'm in Australia, it may vary by country)

Re: Gimp is 25 years old today

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Post by klodolph »

Lipsey wrote: post #17
ogre_codes wrote: post #3

Phenomenal. One of my all time favorite pieces of Open Source Software. I used GIMP for years as my goto photo editor before migrating to the Mac.

You can still run GIMP on Mac. I do and love it.

You can, but there are lots of better options available.
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