I liked this article
https://aria.dog/barks/gnu-imp-manipulation-program/
"The GIMP’s purpose is to create a graphics tinkerer’s toolbox that fulfills the political values of the Free Software Foundation.
It entirely succeeds at the goals it has set for itself."
i.e. they are more like ImageMagick or Kai's power tools than Photoshop or Procreate.
Jan D
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2026-10-09 18:12:09 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…psvy
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