First Preview of GIMP 2.0 Ready for Testing 563
molnarcs writes "The first preview of GIMP-2.0 is available. It can be installed side-by-side with GIMP 1.2 - so there is no need to uninstall 1.2 to test it. According to this README, some parts (gimp-perl and GAP) were removed from the main package, and will be released as separate modules. Use the mirrors listed on the homepage to download the source code. (Also available for FreeBSD via ports)." Apparently the GIMP is finally adding CYMK support, for those of you working in the print world.
Yes but.... (Score:5, Funny)
Screenshots? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Screenshots? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Including banknote detection ? (Score:5, Funny)
"Alert: a real $20 note is two steps darker than your attempt. Also, your serial number will not validate. Would you like me to apply corrections?"
Re:Yes but.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Including banknote detection ? (Score:4, Funny)
Prepare for Microsoft to retaliate by inserting Clippy into MS Paint...
"I see you're trying to defraud the federal government - would you like some help with that?"
Re:Difficult to use or? (Score:5, Funny)
I just put a picture of JFK in my scanner and imported it into Photoshop CS just fine.
Re:If you don't mind me asking... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Screenshots (Score:2, Funny)
Note that among other templates there is one for toilet paper?
Now to just figure out how to run it through my laserprinter.....
:-D
Re:Difficult to use or? (Score:5, Funny)
put dead president into scanner
If you think that's hard, try it with live ones. Shrub is too thick for me to be able to close the lid, Clinton has this bit that always seems to stick out the side, Bush is too slippery to stay put on the glass, Reagan won't go in without his astrologer's approval, Carter's teeth dazzle the CCD, and Ford is invisible.
Re:whats wrong with software? (Score:4, Funny)
Is this for real? (Score:5, Funny)
http://scr.golem.de/?d=0310/gimp&p=7 [golem.de]
includes a form for toilet paper? My god I love open source software!
Re:Screenshots? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Major version numbers (Score:3, Funny)
Sure. Commercial software always uses version numbers to indicate minor and major changes, whereas open source software uses version numbers willy-nilly.
Let's look at Sun for example. Long ago, we had SunOS 4.0. This continued until Sun was ready for the next major version of their OS. Instead of calling it SunOS 5.0, they created a new product line and called it Solaris 2.0. To stem confusion, the older versions of SunOS were re-branded with the Solaris moniker, so that Solaris 1.4 was equivalent to SunOS 4.4 and Solaris 1.3 was equivalent to SunOS 4.3, and so on. Thus, managers could easily see that they needed to upgrade if they were told that they were running Solaris 1.4 instead of 2.0, whereas SunOS 4.4 versus Solaris 2.0 was simply too confusing. To further help decision-makers, Solaris 2.7 was also named Solaris 7.0, in addition to SunOS 5.7 and Solaris 9.0 is also known as Solaris 2.9 or SunOS 5.9. This continues until today where IT managers can easily see if they need to upgrade by converting the new Solaris number into the old Solaris number for machines running versions of Solaris greater than 7.0 and converting SunOS numbers into old Solaris numbers.
So anyone can clearly see that commercial software vendors use versioning in order to minimize confusion among users.
On the other hand, open source developers are continually inflating version numbers in order to compete with other open source developers for precious clients. For examples, one has to look no further than the Linux even-stable/odd-development scheme or FreeBSD's branches. Obviously these developers are only attempting to confuse users through versioning in order to increase sales.
In addition, many open source efforts are constrained by the vagaries of their marketing departments. For example, Knuth's TeX approaches pi with each new version. Obviously, this was a shrewd tactic on the part of his marketing people to entice those mathematically-inclined (and how successful it was!).
Thanks, I like detail. (-: (Score:3, Funny)