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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:Don't forget Paint.NET by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 0, Troll

    On Windows there's also my personal favorite, Paint.NET. It does WAY more than Paint, it's fast, and it's free.

    Sure. If you don't mind having to load the big honking MS .NET 3.5 framework (and its sneaky Firefox plugin) onto your system. As for Me, that's a +250 MB of crap I don't need/want on my system...

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
  2. Re:Where does this leave GIMP? by temojen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or rather a truly obvious GIMP port that the authors are trying to charge for but not including the source code.