Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity

11/24/2009

Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity

During a planning session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit last week, a decision emerged to remove the GIMP from the default Ubuntu installation. Although this decision has generated a bit of controversy, it's a sign of Ubuntu's growing maturity as a mainstream platform for regular users. As a participant who attended the session in person, I want to shed some light on how and why the decision was made.

via arstechnica.com

This makes a lot of sense. F-spot is already a good enough photo editor, and mastering GIMP takes a long time. I am happy that I know about GIMP though, it has come in handy many times and I keep it on my Macs as well as my Ubuntu Linux laptop.

Nov 24, 2009 8:39:00 PM | Web/Tech

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F-Spot as photo editor? I must be missing something. Will take a second look. I agree about GIMP's opacity, but sometimes it's the only tool I have.

Posted by: Philip Jones | 11/25/2009 at 09:12 AM

I think F-spot has a bit of photo editing functionality, but I may be wrong... I think the article mentions it. Maybe I should read the article more myself, if I am going to post about it! Nevertheless I certainly am not giving up the GIMP.

Posted by: Dimitrios Diamantaras | 11/25/2009 at 10:58 AM

Guys do you know, by any chance, how to set up postings to TypePad from F-Spot (or Nokia Photos, for that matter)? I mean the URL to use. I read about it at Darla Mack's blog but the settings do not work for me...
Tried http://www.typepad.com/t/atom/gallery as well as /weblog but can't post.

Posted by: CUBE OVER | 09/22/2010 at 06:55 AM

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