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I’m certain renaming GIMP would make a tremendous difference. The name is perceived as offensive & that makes it impossible for people to take seriously, especi

by mch82 4y ago

I’m certain renaming GIMP would make a tremendous difference. The name is perceived as offensive & that makes it impossible for people to take seriously, especially in a corporate setting. Edit: As someone who has tried to get people using it because it’s such great software.

rhaway84773 4y ago
I’m also unlikely to recommend it to kids, for example, because googling its name can be risky.
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago
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- hulitu 4y ago
  ROTFL. Never heard about this in 20 years. Doing an extended search shows that "gimp" is a kind of latex costume. There are worse things for kids than a latex costume. For example violence.
  - adament 4y ago
    When I was a kid and trying to learn LaTeX this happened to me all the time on the library computers. I do not think I have a point, you just made me remember some fun and dreadful moments.
  - werid 4y ago
    gimp is not a latex costume google: define gimp > / (ɡɪmp) / noun. US and Canadian offensive, slang a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame. slang a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains. (probably from urban dictionary) see also a real dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp
Teever 4y ago
Someone could easily fork it and change nothing but the branding if the name was such a problem. I'm pretty sure that the biggest threat to the adoption of GIMP isn't the name GIMP, it's Adobe doing regular Adobe things.
- antiatheist 4y ago
  https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse
chidg 4y ago
Yep, same experience here. The name is a big problem.
tastysandwich 4y ago
I used it in my high-school multimedia class instead of Photoshop and my (female) teacher never bat an eyelid. I can't imagine many workplaces that would be more prudish than a Catholic school? The biggest obstacle I find is that people are used to Photoshop, and some tools are quite tricky to use (the alignment tool).
hulitu 4y ago
They should rename it for americans. For the rest of the world it can stay the same.
letrowekwel 4y ago
Maybe in America. I can assure elsewhere nobody has any idea of the offensive meaning.
- crtasm 4y ago
  We know what a gimp is, the film Pulp Fiction and the internet exist here :-)

by mch82 4y ago

rhaway84773 4y ago

I’m also unlikely to recommend it to kids, for example, because googling its name can be risky.

DiggyJohnson 4y ago
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hulitu 4y ago
ROTFL. Never heard about this in 20 years. Doing an extended search shows that "gimp" is a kind of latex costume. There are worse things for kids than a latex costume. For example violence.
- adament 4y ago
  When I was a kid and trying to learn LaTeX this happened to me all the time on the library computers. I do not think I have a point, you just made me remember some fun and dreadful moments.
- werid 4y ago
  gimp is not a latex costume google: define gimp > / (ɡɪmp) / noun. US and Canadian offensive, slang a physically disabled person, esp one who is lame. slang a sexual fetishist who likes to be dominated and who dresses in a leather or rubber body suit with mask, zips, and chains. (probably from urban dictionary) see also a real dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp

Teever 4y ago

Someone could easily fork it and change nothing but the branding if the name was such a problem. I'm pretty sure that the biggest threat to the adoption of GIMP isn't the name GIMP, it's Adobe doing regular Adobe things.

antiatheist 4y ago
https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse

chidg 4y ago

Yep, same experience here. The name is a big problem.

tastysandwich 4y ago

I used it in my high-school multimedia class instead of Photoshop and my (female) teacher never bat an eyelid. I can't imagine many workplaces that would be more prudish than a Catholic school? The biggest obstacle I find is that people are used to Photoshop, and some tools are quite tricky to use (the alignment tool).

hulitu 4y ago

They should rename it for americans. For the rest of the world it can stay the same.

letrowekwel 4y ago

Maybe in America. I can assure elsewhere nobody has any idea of the offensive meaning.

crtasm 4y ago
We know what a gimp is, the film Pulp Fiction and the internet exist here :-)