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Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/opensource

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26156649

The slow and steady climb to 3.0 culminates in the most modernized version of GIMP yet.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's an acronym: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah but it apparently has some disgusting meaning that I always forget as a non-native english user

[–] andioop 1 points 1 day ago

As a native English speaker I didn't know "gimp" was more than a nonsense word and a lowercase version of this program until your comment. I admit I grew up sheltered and that probably influenced what slang terms, especially unkind ones, I learned about, but otherwise I don't consider myself particularly deficient in the vocabulary department.

Offensive word for someone with a physical disability or leg injury, a stupid person, or (not sure if it's okay in this context) a submissive person in BDSM activities, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary.