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GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule (librearts.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The G in GTK literally comes from GIMP

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not anymore
GIMP ≠ GNOME by a fucking mile
GTK isn't from GNOME either

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What do you mean "not anymore"? You can't rewrite history... The G in GTK comes from GIMP. It was formerly called GIMP ToolKit.

I was replying to the comment thread suggesting they should switch to Qt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, well you probably should've replied to the root then.

By not anymore, I precisely mean that it's not "GIMP ToolKit" anymore, it's just GTK with no meaning at all.