GIMP 2.2 Released

wongn writes "Several weeks since the splash screen contest was first announced, the latest milestone release for GIMP has come about - GIMP 2.2.0 has just been officially released. Only the linux binaries and source have yet appeared. From the website: 'The GIMP developers are proud to announce the availability of version 2.2.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program. About nine months after version 2.0 hit the road, we have completed another development cycle and can bring a new stable GIMP to our users' desktops.'"

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[2MuchC0ffeeMan]

Alright, animated topic icons!

I thought i was seeing things.

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[WIAKywbfatw]

Consider it a GIF from the Gods.

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[RealBeanDip]

Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Just because the person who invented it says that it's pronounced that way, doesn't mean that he's right.
(For example, there is a singer whose name is "Sade", but she promounces it "shar-DAY".
She is also wrong; "sade" is pronounced "sayed".)

The "G" in "GIF" comes from "Graphic", which is pronounced with a hard "G".
(At least, I hope that you don't pronounce it "JRAF-ihk".)
So, therefore, "GIF" is also pronounced with a hard "G".
Case closed.
If you think otherwise, jo gump in a lake.

Download?

[jeffkjo1]

GIMP 2.2.0 has just been officially released

Anybody have a link to a torrent?


Oh.... wait

Yeah, but

[Anonymous Coward]

does it run Linux?

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[IO ERROR]

I'll sell you The GIMP for the bargain basement price of $649.99. Just write out a check or money order to CASH and mail it to the address in my whois record.

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[tarquin_fim_bim]

When did Adobe release a Linux port of Photoshop?

Re:Real world vs. fanboy fantasies

[Dano Watt]

You forgot one important statistic: 0% of the people here will take you seriously.

Re:My problems with GIMP.

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree that the biggest problem GIMP has for widespread acceptance is the name. Frankly, it has labored without the benefit clever self recursion for far too long!

So, in the interest of its long term viablility, I formally propose a name change:

GIMP Isn't Microsoft Paint

will, I believe, catapult GIMP onto desktops around the world.

ALSA Support!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

At last, ALSA support in the midi control module!
Now I can draw pictures while playing my 80's strap on casio keyboard!!!!

Re:Real world vs. fanboy fantasies

[oberondarksoul]

"Thorwaldes who publicly admits that he is in fact A HACKER???"

Not only that, but a highly respected one who can spell his name correctly. :P

Re:I for one...

[lastberserker]

GIMP developers ROCK!!!

PAPER!!! I win.

P.S: Lameness filter is soooo lame :-/

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does it have anything over Photoshop in terms of Functionality or Ease of USe?

Yes, the GIMP supports the does-not-get-russian-programmers-unfairly-arrested plugin.

Re:My problems with GIMP.

[tepples]

How long do you think Linux would have lasted if Linus had decided to call it Linus's Effecient Simple Binary Operating System?

"Binary" meaning distributed only as binaries, as opposed to Free software? Not very long. Without the free software movement, Linux would probably not have taken off.

Re:But that's a hassle

[Anonymous Coward]

For a perfect world, you're not supposed to install Gnome ;)

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[ambrosen]

Of course, it's perfectly possible the open source movement wouldn't have existed. Or we'd still be waiting for the HURD, or developing device drivers for EMACS, or something.

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[Saeed al-Sahaf]

I didn't realise anyone actually used legit copies of PS...

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[register_ax]

That's great to only use open source, but if there is no opensource program for what you want to do, what do you do? Wait? Write your own? These may be fine ideas, fundamentally, but certainly not pragmatically.

Luckily, the GIMP is a useable program, and if you don't want to use PS, you probably don't have to, but that's not the issue. If PS is better for the job, even considering its price, it makes sense to use it.

ERROR: illegal logic operation

That's great for you to only eat mexican food, but if there is no mexican food that satifies what you're hungry for, what do you do? Wait? Cultivate your own crop? These may be fine ideas fundamentally, but certainly not pragmatically.

Luckily, quesadillas are eatable, and if you don't want to eat QSs, you probably don't have to, but that's not the issue. If quesadillas satisfy your hunger better, even considering if they cost 650% over tacos, it makes sense to use it.

Or wait, maybe money is a function of cost to use it, not just its feature set.

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[Cap'n Steve]

By comparison, Macromedia Director Pro is $100 (educational), with the full suite for only 150.

Hey boss, instead of that useful thing you wanted me to buy, I scooped a turd off the side of the road and we saved $150!

Re:Seriously... Why would you use this?

[Frogbert]

As much as I like the gimp, it's seriously handicapped...

Oh the Irony

Photoshop to gimp comments ratio hits crisis point

[wobblie]

Can you please, in the future, consider an emergency reserve of "Redundant" moderation points so that we will have enough to use when stories like this get posted? This story was a true disaster, overwhelming moderators with 537,221,400 unique posts all saying the same thing within 4 minutes and twenty-two seconds. The regular amount of mod points simply didn't cut it. Experts estimate that over one billion "redundant" and "off topic" points were necessary due to massive number of posts about Adobe Photoshop in a gimp release story, and there were only a few dozen.

I know this shortfall of redundant points is a completely false scarcity and there is dire need for redress, unless somehow the number of assholes who feel the need to post crap about photoshop in a gimp story is reduced.