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Yeah, it is on the roadmap. So it's pretty harsh to keep whining about it. It's not like it's something that is impossible to do. It's not like people support the development that much or at all... It's just (I want more free stuff, buhuuu)...

It's a nice to have in software like GIMP, it's not need to have.

GIMP apologists are what Adobe users think FOSS apologists are like. The principled refusal to even consider fundamental UX principles is astounding.

I'm sorry to hear, that it's that difficult for you to draw a circle. It takes me about 15 seconds to make the perfect circle I want. To me, that is simply the time it takes to make it perfect. If I just want a circle, I can do that much quicker...

So how many times a day do you need to make a circle? When I use Affinity, Inkscape, Krita, GIMP, I don't very often draw a circle. Most of the time, I do it in Inkscape, because it's great to make shapes, but there's a wast difference between a program to make vector graphics, and to make and edit bitmap pictures.

The program started off as IMP, Image Manipulation Program. They added a G (General) to make it a reference to a character in Pulp Fiction.

The name's history has nothing to do with ableism. Besides, not many artists care; look up what a "gimping machine" is :).

Words can have multiple meanings and context matters a lot. Besides its usage as a slur is pretty outmoded by now.

Thank you. I get that this can be problematic, but as a non english-native, I don't think it's that big of a deal. GIMP is a transnational project after all and as I understand they try their best to be (all)inclusive. Getting hung up on the very well established name and outright demanding (in another comment), seems a bit silly to me. Were it a more serious slur, one that may be more timely relevant, I would feel the same, but given what I just described, I don't feel that harsh about it.

Very hot take: I actually prefer it having that name, because it can lead to that term not being recognized as a slur by newer generations. When being asked "Whats a gimp?" they might then answer "An image processor.". Would eliminate a whole slur. And with time it might even go so out of fashion it gets eliminated from dictionaries. Instances of this exact phenomenon happening include, in developing order: Dude, Yankee, Nerd. Or if you want a devolvement: Bully, which used to mean sweetheart. Language is like that. Let the slur die.

That aside, I do not feel that Krita is better than GIMP technologically. I prefer both.

Perhaps when the time comes to fork the project we can avoid a slur as a name? That would be nice.

Are you yourself affected by this? Maybe I, as a non affected person, am misjudging.