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GIMP is gearing up for a massive upgrade
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Are they going to upgrade the name as well?
Yeah I think they're going for something more straightforward that describes exactly what it's about
Brushes, Design, Shapes & Multimedia
To avoid confusion: BDSM, the FOSS formerly known as GIMP
I would not feel comfortable looking this up on a work computer.
Did you feel comfortable searching to learn how to use GIMP?
Not at work. Certainly not.
Or: Graphics, Images, Media & Print
Or else it will be a sub-module.
This would really mess up search results
Yeah, now I'm just gonna get screenshots of this app.
That would produce so many priceless weirded out faces when you tell someone you love GIMP and use that acronym and they don't know what you are referring to.
nice one
Don't be silly. There's no better name than GIMP.
Green Is My Pepper!
Why should they change the name just for the vanity of Americans who have a dual meaning for the word, and make it difficult for the whole rest of the world to find tutorials and documentation going back decades?
have you not met many Americans ?
they're also big into CBT with their GIMP, or their therapist. i can never remember which one
It's not just awkward for Americans, but for the entire English speaking world - at least 470 million people. How can anyone seriously recommend a business use a program called GIMP? It is a massive hurdle to adoption in the corporate world. They should change the name, or at least create a business-oriented alias.
So in order to make it less awkward for ~500M people, we should make it more awkward for the rest of the 7.8B people.
That's a US defaultism issue
Why? It describes succinctly what the app does.
GYMP? 💪✨🤭
Is anyone interested in having GIMP with another name doing the work to make that happen?
There was a fork some time ago with that intention, but I think they ended up ceasing the project