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GIMP Dropped From Ubuntu 10.04
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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Gimp was originally built on Solaris using Motif. I used to work with Spencer and it had nothing to do with demonstrating the power and flexibility of free desktop systems.
No, GIMP was definitely created to demonstrate the power and flexibility of Linux. Oh, and I used to work with Pedro.
see? that was easy!
Similarly I never use Internet Explorer the browser, but without it, no Windows.
I love GIMP. It is the most powerful cross-platform image editor you can find. You just have to learn on photo editing program (GIMP), and then it doesn't matter what OS you use. Just download the GIMP, install it, and your good to go. No need to learn a separate program for each OS.
Freedom. It's all about freedom, and cutting the learning curve. Once you learn a cross-platform, open source program, you are set for life. You never have to learn another similar app again.
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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'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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Man, I should quit posting here! I will go hide in a corner now...
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The problem with you car analogy is that there is a very good reason why a Lupo is about the size of a Golf Mk 1. It's the same reason the current Golf is larger than and weighs about twice as much as the Mk 1 and why a modern Mini is so much bigger than the original. That reason is not 'bloat', it's safety legislation. A modern Mini is lot larger than the original, but you're also a hell of a lot less likely to die in one because it's chock full of crumple zones and air bags.