with focus shifted towards completing the port to GTK3
Is that a typo? I would have thought most software was shifting to GTK4 now?
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Sadly, I don't think so. Searching about that I found out they switched to GTK3 interface being default just before GTK4 was released... And making the switch from GTK2 took a long time.
GTK4 is planned for 2050 (expect 5-6 year delay).
I don't know what GTK means and couldn't find it in the link. Care to share?
Gimp Tool Kit, where gimp means Gnu Image Manipulation Program, where gnu means Gnu's Not Unix. So, in short, gnu's not unix image manipulation program tool kit.
Never realised the G was GIMP... hilarious that its namesake software is lagging so far behind
Thanks!
going to be the party pooper here, but GTK means Gnu Tool Kit. It's a framework to build gui applicatiion.
I mean, I did quote the partial sentence from the link. You can look that up.
Last time I used gimp was in the late 90s I think. I gather it's pretty much the same as when I last tried..?
I've found Krita to be pretty good (though I can load slowly on slow machines).
I haven't uses gimp since the time of Ubuntu CDs
I admit for the very limited things I do and only occasionally I use Paint.net
Still in my mind Gimp is much more powerful?
It is powerful, but usability is as shit as it always has been. Except for specific use cases Krita is the way to go nowadays. Even if it's focussed on digital painting, it has almost everything you need for digital editing as well, with a much more user friendly UX.
I admit for the very limited things I do and only occasionally I use Paint.net
Unfortunately, it's not available on Linux
Still in my mind Gimp is much more powerful?
Yes it is, but it's also much more complicated. I never fully understood GIMP, I prefer simpler options like Paint.net.
I use it a fair amount. But I think the name is still an issue for some people. They should change it to GLIMPSE. GNU Libre Image Manipulation Program SoftwarE ... or something
I was hyped for it coming before the end of this year. Anyways its great the project isn't dead
They said 3.0 this year a few months back. I think you could have rebuilt GIMP on GTK4 in the same time it's taken them to try and port the project up to GTK3.