GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

  • skulkingaround@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Also it’s specifically named as a reference to the gimp from pulp fiction as it originally came out around the same.

    It’s fine for a hobby project but GIMP is well past that now and it’s a really bad look in a professional environment.