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On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 03:06:54PM +0000, Tim Brocklehurst wrote:
> On Thursday 19 November 2009 14:56:39 Jack Knight wrote:
> > Stephen Davies wrote:
> > > /. is reporting the Gimp is being dropped from the next release of
> > > Ubuntu.
> >
> > ... to be replaced by what?
> >
> > > One reason cited is that it is to complicated to use and that users want
> > > something like 'mspaint' (washes mouth out with soap)
> > >
> > >
> > > My initial reaction is 'wtf'?
> >
> > +1
> >
>
> According to http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/gimp-to-be-removed-lucid.html
> GIMP won't be dropped entirely (that would be totally stupid) it's just not
> being installed by default. F-Spot will be installed by default.
That makes perfect sense to me. I can't imagine the vast majority
of people wanting much beyond rotating, scaling, cropping and
tagging/indexing of the images. (And that's pushing it...)
> It still seems a little silly to me though. GIMP doesn't take that long to
> learn the basics.
For the items I listed above, it's massive overkill, and it's hard
to find the relevant tools within the gigantic list of other options.
Hugo.
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