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GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04

Posted by Soulskill on from the should-have-used-the-fireman's-carry dept.

kai_hiwatari writes "It looks like the Ubuntu developers consider GIMP to be too powerful for a normal desktop user. They are removing it from the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04. Among the reasons cited are that the UI is too complex, it takes up room on the disc, and 'desktop users just want to edit photos and they can do that in F-Spot.''"

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  1. Re:Where does this leave GIMP? by ojintoad · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Similarly I never use Internet Explorer the browser, but without it, no Windows.

  2. Doesn't bother me at all. by rnturn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I haven't figured what all the fuss over Ubuntu is all about anyway. I have a collection of fairly plain-vanilla systems at home that use run-of-the-mill motherboards (from the likes of Gigabyte and Asus) and, on some of them, I haven't been able to get Ubuntu's CDs to even boot. And in those system that will boot the Ubuntu CD the hardware detection fails and nothing will install. Funny that I don't have this problem with Red Hat, SuSE, or even Solaris.

    So if Ubuntu wishes to be another Outer Limits type operating system, a la Apple, ("We control the vertical. We control the horizontal"), let 'em. The GIMP takes up space on the CD? What else do they want that CD space for? Crimeny! They're making that one up, right?

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  3. Re:Where does this leave GIMP? by tsa · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    'Crap' indeed was way over the top. I apologize. I was annoyed by the Open Source fanboi I replied to. I use Gimp myself to enhance my photos a bit before they come to rest in their dedicated directories on the harddrive.

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  4. Re:Where does this leave GIMP? by tsa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Man, I should quit posting here! I will go hide in a corner now...

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