That would produce so many priceless weirded out faces when you tell someone you love GIMP and use that acronym and they don’t know what you are referring to.
Why should they change the name just for the vanity of Americans who have a dual meaning for the word, and make it difficult for the whole rest of the world to find tutorials and documentation going back decades?
It’s not just awkward for Americans, but for the entire English speaking world - at least 470 million people. How can anyone seriously recommend a business use a program called GIMP? It is a massive hurdle to adoption in the corporate world. They should change the name, or at least create a business-oriented alias.
Are they going to upgrade the name as well?
Yeah I think they’re going for something more straightforward that describes exactly what it’s about
Brushes, Design, Shapes & Multimedia
To avoid confusion: BDSM, the FOSS formerly known as GIMP
I would not feel comfortable looking this up on a work computer.
Did you feel comfortable searching to learn how to use GIMP?
Not at work. Certainly not.
Or: Graphics, Images, Media & Print
Or else it will be a sub-module.
This would really mess up search results
Yeah, now I’m just gonna get screenshots of this app.
That would produce so many priceless weirded out faces when you tell someone you love GIMP and use that acronym and they don’t know what you are referring to.
nice one
Don’t be silly. There’s no better name than GIMP.
Green Is My Pepper!
I suppose the association with limping is a bit unfortunate. Although GIMP is an acronym.
The fact that a particular sub-culture has its own slang meaning for the word is irrelevant.
No it’s not. It’s very relevant - it’s the reason I’ve never recommended the software to anyone outside of close friends.
That’s a US defaultism issue
Why should they change the name just for the vanity of Americans who have a dual meaning for the word, and make it difficult for the whole rest of the world to find tutorials and documentation going back decades?
It’s not just awkward for Americans, but for the entire English speaking world - at least 470 million people. How can anyone seriously recommend a business use a program called GIMP? It is a massive hurdle to adoption in the corporate world. They should change the name, or at least create a business-oriented alias.
Why? It describes succinctly what the app does.
GYMP? 💪✨🤭
Is anyone interested in having GIMP with another name doing the work to make that happen?
There was a fork some time ago with that intention, but I think they ended up ceasing the project