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Linux Rule (pawb.social)

submitted 3 months ago by sexy_peach@beehaw.org to c/linuxhumor@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/9649629

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[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've read that GIMP developers refuse to change the name despite complaints since a long time. A fork of GIMP (Glimpse) is discontinued. Luckily there's other names in that area :

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Are the developers non-native speakers of English?
I was introduced to GIMP in edubuntu before I knew what the word was, so GIMP was GNU Image Manipulation Programme for me and I did not about the issue until I saw it mentioned in some linux communities.