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OpenOSX Ships Gimp 2 Preview SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(OPENOSX-COM)--November 25th, 2003-- OpenOSX today announced the immediate availability of an all-new Gimp 2.0 Preview product based on the current developer's release of the popular photo-manipulation software, The Gimp 1.3.23. The new product offers a multitude of new features, improvements and enhancements over the previous version of "The Gimp" software. The product has been accelerated for the Apple Power Macintosh G5 processor and is an easy-to-use solution for quickly and effortlessly installing and utilizing the popular, open source "The GIMP" software, offering users sophisticated photo manipulation and graphic tools. The new product brings: all new software including GNOME 2.4.1, additional features including vector paths, editable paths and text, a much refined interface sporting a "Panther" look an feel, and has been compiled to utilize G5 processor capabilities and much more. This is the first version of the OpenOSX Gimp product based on the Gimp 1.3.x series offering a preview of The Gimp 2.0. This version is based on pre-released software; however, OpenOSX's extensive testing has determined the build is quite mature, very stable and useable. OpenOSX cautions that it is based on software that is considered a work in progress and extra caution should be exercised, and is not recommending it for mission-critical work. The build has been specifically built for Mac OS X 10.3 and the Power Macintosh G5, offering a new level of performance, and it will still operate on older Mac OS X systems. The product features a customizable single-click installer that will install the long list of requisite software libraries required to run The Gimp 1.3.23 on Mac OS X effortlessly, along with complete documentation (in both PDF and HTML formats), tutorials, over 100 fonts, brushes, patterns, 600 megabytes of Plug-Ins and a mirror of the official Gimp website. The OpenOSX Gimp 2.0 Preview 1 product is available immediately for us$30 on CD-ROM with download-only delivery available for $25 and upgrades from previous versions of the Gimp product are us$20 on CD-ROM and $15 for download. OpenOSX will continue to concurrently offer their Gimp 1.2.5 product and both products will operate harmoniously when installed on the same system. Additionally OpenOSX has complementary, specially priced, O'Reilly book bundles and 6-month hassle-free CD-subscriptions available. Limited installation support and documentation is included with all purchases. Visit the OpenOSX web site for more details at: <http://OpenOSX.com/gimp2/>. OpenOSX is a company dedicated to serving, and expanding, the Macintosh community. Founded on the premise that many computer users are intimidated by the UNIX command-line, OpenOSX committed itself to one mission- bringing popular Unix software to both the "Unix-challenged" and the seasoned, Mac inclined system administrator in a friendly, Mac environment. __________________________ Please visit our sponsors: RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW To submit a posting to NetProLive, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to NetProLive, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE NetProLive". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE NetProLive". MacTech, Developer Depot, RadGad, and Xplain Corporation are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this message. News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>.
