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The problem with GIMP (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The good old JNU licence.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just like the good old Jraphics Interchange Format!

[–] loops@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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

[–] ted@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

The great JFEGs of our time

[–] authorinthedark@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lifting brushes

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

Brushes with bellpeppers attached to them

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I dig it!

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Digital Image Editor

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 5 months ago

"Hey, can you recommend a good free photoshop alternative?"

"DIE!"

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

GNU Raster Editing Program - GREP

Graphical Image Tool - GIT

Photo Editing with Raster Layers - PERL

Visual Image Manipulator - VIM

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

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

Nonlinear Visual Image Manipulator - NVIM

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 1 points 5 months ago

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