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GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Place your bets, are we getting GIMP 3 before 2025?

[–] [email protected] 57 points 3 months ago

If we're in string freeze, it's probably within a few weeks. They're in bug squashing and translations mode now. I'd take that bet.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm on Slackware so I won't be getting it this decade 😅

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Sure, it's just another tarball to compile and install, right? What do you mean lots of dependencies? Oh, well, I guess there is Krita :)