Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

The problem with GIMP

www.spacebar.news

102

cross-posted to:
[email protected]

The problem with GIMP

www.spacebar.news

corbin@infosec.pub to

Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

102

cross-posted to:
[email protected]

The GIMP name controversy, explained

www.spacebar.news

GIMP was named after a character in Pulp Fiction. More than 20 years later, the name remains controversial and could be holding back the project.

Chat

sanzky@beehaw.org
link
fedilink
arrow-up
1·
2 years ago
Curious. I always imagined it was a reference to the folklore create ‘Imp’.
- Treczoks@lemm.ee
  link
  fedilink
  arrow-up
  5·
  2 years ago
  GNU Image Manipulation Program (or Project)

Technology@beehaw.org

technology@beehaw.org

Create a post

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: [email protected]

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

248 users / day
248 users / week
20 users / month
5.92K users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
40.8K subscribers
4.66K Posts
82K Comments
Modlog