corwynMar 18, 2025
GIMP

GIMP 3.0 is released, check it out!

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed in any way - from testing and submitting bug reports through to designing, coding, fixing, packaging, testing some more, translating, documenting, hosting, administration, so many people, so much work, so much to be thankful for!

Welcome to GIMP 3.0!

GIMP - GIMP 3.0 Released

Release notes for GIMP 3.0

Mar 17, 2025 at 7:04pmWeb
Show threadKoko SanMar 17, 2025
@GIMP Congratulations !
Show threadHeiko R.Mar 17, 2025
@GIMP 😱 👏👏 Thank you! 🙏
Show thread4c31 🐏Mar 17, 2025
@GIMP
Show threadVincent TunruMar 17, 2025

@GIMP Just a note that you linked to what I assume is the testing site :) You probably meant https://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-3.0.html

Congrats on the release!

GIMP - GIMP 3.0 Release Notes

Introduction¶ After seven years of active development, we are proud to announce the next major release of GIMP – GIMP 3.0! While the original focus was on updating to a newer GUI library, this release is packed with many new features, enhancements, and usability improvements. While we can’t cover …

Show threadGIMPMar 17, 2025
@VincentTunru thanks! Fixed!
Show threadChris PetrilliMar 17, 2025
@GIMP fix the name you cowards
Show threadMolly BMar 17, 2025
@petrillic They’re proud of it. They think they’re bravely fighting the PC police (I tried to find a term as outdated as their software 😆). Srsly, there are so many better alternatives now--I can’t imagine why anyone still uses it.
Show threadThe Witch of Crow BriarMar 17, 2025
@mjibrower @petrillic “…3.0 is released!”
Me: *checks* *name is still a slur* not interested.
Show threadKorawich KaveeMar 18, 2025
@crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic so is the word gimp a problem?
Show thread💀 𝓕airchild 💀Mar 18, 2025

@kkavee @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimp

1 - offensive : a disabled person

Definition of GIMP

Definition of 'gimp' by Merriam-Webster

Show threadKorawich KaveeMar 18, 2025
@tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic ah I see. I may live oversea now but English is still my second language. I actually never heard the word gimp being used in other context other than the software.
Show threadjackMar 18, 2025
@kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic yup, most people have stopped using ableist slurs, but [edit: a sizeable fraction of] the maintainers of this project take pride in it for some reason
Show threadëRiCMar 18, 2025
@jackeric @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic Do they? 🤔
I would think it raised a chuckle once 26 years ago and now it's kept for historic reasons. I thought I find something on the Wikipedia-article about this controversy but there is nothing. Do you have a source please?
Show threadKielKontrovers BlogMar 18, 2025
@jackeric @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic maybe #Wilber would be an option as this is the name of the Gimp mascot?
Show threadMolly BMar 18, 2025
@jackeric @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @petrillic And they have an army of sealions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning) and/or bots who follow around any mention of this topic trying to have a "debate." I do understand that those who do not live in English-dominant countries might not be familiar with the term the first time they hear about it; it can be hard to tell if someone is genuinely curious or if they're sealioning.
Sealioning - Wikipedia

Show threadauserMar 18, 2025
@jackeric @kkavee @tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic Do you complain to the BSDM community about not using the word gimp?
Show threadjackMar 18, 2025
@auser Do you sealion for other categories of bigotry, or just ableism?
Show threadauserMar 18, 2025
@jackeric Sorry, i don't understand what you are saying. I don't speak newspeak.
Show threadjackMar 18, 2025
@auser OK, go away until you understand, then
Show threadauserMar 18, 2025
@jackeric 😂
Show threaddon Elías (como los buses) 🥨Mar 18, 2025

@kkavee

Same happened to me, but the day I learned that word is a slur, I understood that is wrong, and their unwillingness to change means I cannot use nor recommend that software

@tankgrrl @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic

Show threadTobTobXXMar 18, 2025
@tankgrrl You know, language changes. Google "gimp" and you'll see what the first page serves you. Google invested billions in finding out what people mean when they write gimp. The result: "GNU Image Manipulator Program".
Show threadAlex L 🕊 🇵🇸Mar 18, 2025

@tankgrrl @kkavee @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic

In English only

Show threadThe Witch of Crow BriarMar 18, 2025
@alxlg @tankgrrl @kkavee @mjibrower @petrillic Which language is “GNU Image Manipulation Program” written in?
Show threadAlex L 🕊 🇵🇸Mar 18, 2025

@crowbriarhexe @tankgrrl @kkavee @mjibrower @petrillic

C

Show threadDucoMar 18, 2025

@tankgrrl @kkavee @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic so because by accident in one of hundreds of languages the same combination of letters has multiple meanings of which one is offensive, this project has to change it's name? 🤔

I recently learned that Queer is a swear word for some as well. I always thought it's just synonym to LGBTQ+. Why is everything a swear word now? Can we stop using random words for swearing, please? The GIMP software obviously has nothing to do with swearing.

Show threadsamedevMar 20, 2025
@tankgrrl @kkavee @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic c'mon! It's not offensive. It stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program. 🥀🥀🥀
Show threadNiceMicroMar 18, 2025
@crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic what's the issue with the GNU IMP?
Show threadLorenzo GabrieleMar 19, 2025
@nicemicro @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic Also GIM without program would work. It's obvious it's a program :) no need to be in the name.
Show threadNiceMicroMar 19, 2025
@lolgab @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic
Have you installed the GIM program?! 😂
Show threadLorenzo GabrieleMar 20, 2025
@nicemicro @crowbriarhexe @mjibrower @petrillic I'll install GIM when I come back from the gym 😁
Show threadIke SeblonMar 18, 2025
@mjibrower Which editor are you using? I periodically check, but I've never found an equivalent (Foss/nix) that works, always looking for something better
Show threadZeborahMar 19, 2025

@ike_seblon I've heard excellent things about Krita, I need to suck it up and make the switch myself.

@mjibrower

Show threadts 🚇Mar 17, 2025
@petrillic @GIMP thanks for pointing this out. I honestly hadn’t connected the dots until now. Gotta address the ableism
Show threadeltomitoMar 17, 2025
@petrillic @GIMP If you really cared about the GIMP name, you'd be doing something about it. You could fork GIMP, rename it to whatever, set up a download site and see for yourself if anyone really cares about the name. If you cant do it yourself, you could pay someone or raise funds for someone to do it. It isn't all that much work. But no. Instead, all you do is bitch. That leads me to believe that all you really want to do is bitch.
Show threadsagethesagesageMar 18, 2025
@eltomito @petrillic @GIMP The last time someone did this, the "community" harassed the fuck out of them.
Show threadeltomitoMar 18, 2025
@sagethesagesage @petrillic @GIMP If you mean Glimpse, they didn't just rebrand GIMP, they wanted to change the user interface and do other things which was way more complicated. And AFAIK it ended, because the project leader got a new job and couldn't work on Glimpse anymore.
Show threadJoe ❌👑Mar 17, 2025
@petrillic @GIMP There's a relatively easy fix: they could call it GNU IMP, meaning that the full name remains the same (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and only the offensive acronym is dropped.
Show threadPanicky_PatzerMar 18, 2025

@not2b @petrillic @GIMP

I just pronounce it with a soft G. Problem solved.

Show threadManc AvGeekMar 18, 2025
@petrillic @GIMP I have to agree - the name needs changing, it somehow manages to be offensive to parts of the disability community and the kink community at the same time.
Show threadIke SeblonMar 18, 2025

@petrillic @GIMP Yeah... "GnIMP" is right there, and way better anyway, and fun to say

Edit: thanks for shaking this tree Chris, so many rats fell out and my block button is feasting :)

Show threadblausand 🐟Mar 19, 2025
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Show threadKevin PayraviMar 17, 2025
@GIMP Hell yeah! Congrats!
Show threadChris YogaMar 17, 2025
@GIMP Let's goooo!!!!
Show thread::celMar 17, 2025
@GIMP Thank you to all the dev! ​​
Show threadjonathankoren™Mar 17, 2025
@GIMP put modern editing features in you cowards!
Show threadminiBill (Leonardo)Mar 18, 2025
@jonathankoren @GIMP pretty sure pull requests are open
Show threadjonathankoren™Mar 18, 2025
@miniBill @GIMP
FYI: “Fuck you” uses less chars, and means the same thing. HTH!
https://sfba.social/@jonathankoren/114179911842587649
jonathankoren™ (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] Go way dude. You're the one that showed up in my mentions to complain that someone doesn't appreciate trash. You're not king of the internet, bro. Go away. You're servile attitude isn't appreciated anywhere. What's next? "You've got the code. Patch it yourself?" That abusive talk was stupid 40 years ago.

SFBA.social
Show threadGIMPMar 18, 2025

@jonathankoren Please keep it civil - thank you.

GIMP is produced by volunteers. If you want specific features, yes, please file issues. If you want to be on the design team join the design team. But without code being written by volunteers, there won’t be changes. Vague suggestions like “modern editing tools” are hard to implement.

Show threadFossmanMar 18, 2025

@GIMP @jonathankoren I really think you should sell the software binaries like #Ardour does. Not less than US $100. Free updates until next major version.

Many human beings will always be ungrateful for what they are given for free without payment.

Show threadGIMPMar 18, 2025
@opensourceopenmind @jonathankoren to be fair, many people are also ungrateful to things they paid for...!
Show threadFossmanMar 18, 2025
@GIMP @jonathankoren Yes, but at least you'll get some funding for development out of it. Maybe even some insight into what features paid users are missing. Right now, complaining is free without much benefit - instead you have to put in time and effort to reply.
Show threadGIMPMar 18, 2025
@opensourceopenmind @jonathankoren Thanks! We do have patreon links for some of the developers, and people do donate. Development direction is partly what interests the volunteers (since they are volunteers!) and partly informed by the thousands of requests and issues we get on gitlab and elsewhere.
Show threadminiBill (Leonardo)Mar 18, 2025

@jonathankoren @GIMP My reply was probably unhelpful, and for that I'm sorry. I was irked by you calling the devs "cowards".

I wish you happiness and success in your life, and may your future contain conversations more productive than this one.

Show threadalejandroMar 18, 2025
@jonathankoren @GIMP Develop it yourself, how hard can it be!
Show threadRolf Steinort (314.8 ppm)Mar 18, 2025
@GIMP @jonathankoren What heroic features are you missing?
Show threadHishamMar 17, 2025

@GIMP Congratulations to the team for all the hard work!!

Never mind the trolls and keep going!!

Show threadL̶Ι̴Q̵U̴I̵̸͖͛D̷̏ͅΛ̴̈́̔̅T̶̅ͅ0̶R̵Mar 17, 2025
@GIMP congratulations to the whole team!
Show threadE23Mar 17, 2025
@GIMP wow, grats!
Show threadMaRIa_MaJMar 17, 2025
@GIMP congratulations!!