Reply to post: Re: Can you really get a version that says "Bringing on........

The GIMP turns 25 and promises to carry on being the FOSS not-Photoshop

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Re: Can you really get a version that says "Bringing on........

.... once installed takes forever to load (closer to 1 minute than to 0 minutes).....

Sorry, it only took 3 seconds to load on Mint.. perhaps you should consider the OS you are using...

Happy user of this software since 2004. Great photo tool for Linux users. Have used it to produce photos for theatre programmes, logos, format conversions and retouching old, damaged scans of old photos etc.

If I just need to quickly crop an image or resize I use gThumb.

My son is a professional photographer and has been using Photoshop for the last 20 years or so. He has problems with GIMP whenever he tries to use it on my machine because 'it's NOT Photoshop'.

Likewise, I am lost when I try to work with Photoshop - because it's NOT GIMP.

Can I buy Photoshop for Linux? I think not ... Would I buy it for Windows? Not for my needs, I'd rather invest the money on a new Graphics card....

Here's to another 25 years, thanks guys!

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