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 -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
