Hugo Mills wrote:
> 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.
>
>
I like gThumb for photo management and basic editing -- and with a
single keypress it will open a photo with Gimp (or the application of
your choice) for more advanced stuff.
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
