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Written by GIMP on 2024-11-06 at 20:24

We are very happy to present you with GIMP 3.0.0 RC1! 🥳

This is our first release candidate for what will be GIMP 3.0.0. Now is the time for everyone to test!

It is the result of years of work. I'm sure it still has many bugs (and you should report!), but we hope you will still appreciate the new version. 🤗

https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/11/06/gimp-3-0-RC1-released/

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Written by George Baily on 2024-11-06 at 22:08

@GIMP change the name

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Written by John Faulkenbury on 2024-11-06 at 22:30

@georgebaily @GIMP seconded, change the fucking name.

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Written by Joe on 2024-11-06 at 22:54

@jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP Yes, it's long overdue. The least disruptive name change would be to call it GNU IMP.

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Written by 0xThylacine on 2024-11-07 at 04:15

@not2b @jfaulken @georgebaily @GIMP 💯 this.

When they change the name, I'll boost everything with that new name. (I've - I suspect like many - used this software for well over 2 decades and it is my goto image editing app - until I switched from CaptureOne to DarkTable, I used it to add the copyright to every one of my posted photos).

Until then, they will only hear radio silence from this account.

The ball is in their court.

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Written by aruga 🇮🇩 on 2024-11-06 at 23:06

@georgebaily @GIMP What's the problem?

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Written by Joe on 2024-11-06 at 23:54

@techpengu @georgebaily @GIMP "gimp" is a slur. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gimp

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Written by aruga 🇮🇩 on 2024-11-07 at 00:14

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP But a word can have different meaning right?

Even the dictionary listed four different meaning.

As long not being used for a context of insulting, that should be okay, right?

As an Indonesian, I don't get your mindset. People in SEAsia can simply accept that an exact word can have bad meaning while others interprete it neutral or even positive, mitigating any unnecessary cultural clash.

I guess that's typical weird Western mindset of cultural purity ┐⁠(⁠￣⁠ヘ⁠￣⁠)⁠┌

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Written by Joe on 2024-11-07 at 00:55

@techpengu @georgebaily @GIMP Notice the order. The most common meaning is listed first. I have a lot of respect for the project and the program, but the name is not the best. I suggested GNU IMP as it then still expands to GNU Image Manipulation Program. There are other possibilities.

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Written by aruga 🇮🇩 on 2024-11-07 at 01:04

@not2b @georgebaily @GIMP The order is still biased on region, right?

English these days becomes such a global language to the point each region makes it own rules and meaning.

In English Asia, Singaporean English, or Malaysian English, gimp as a slur is simply irrelevant.

Forcing American or British English as the default is racist.

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Written by Ryan Dormanesh on 2024-11-07 at 02:53

@techpengu @not2b @georgebaily @GIMP Forget the order, NONE of the definitions have anything relevant to the program. Also please watch the film Pulp Fiction, it was a major release in the 90s with viewers across the globe, and anyone who has seen it has a horrible horrible character brought to mind by this name.

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Written by Franck Mée on 2024-11-07 at 17:37

@not2b Merriem-Webster is a good source for American English. It does not reflect usage outside of the USA.

Note that the Oxford English Dictionary only lists this use in 4th position and Collins in 2nd: according to them, a gimp is mainly a garment.

https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=gimp

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