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Well, if that is SO important, you can, on windows, create your own .lnk file adding the --no-splash startup option, on Linux add it to the .desktop file and on MacOS do whatever people do on MacOS.

But honestly... I cannot imagine any environment where Tyson's Kiki splash images are a real problem.

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I like Krita. I use it regularly. But the anime splash is unprofessional. The big boss is NOT a tech. If I open it up to show him something, and the first thing he sees is Kiki, he's going to have opinions on the subject. Company of <100 people I don't need problems with the CEO who is already somewhat iffy on tech folks (even for a tech company).

If there was a flag in the settings to turn off the splash I'd be fine with it. As it is I just install GIMP and move on. I have limited time and patience for IT work (details about link/desktop files don't fly anyway since we're 100% Macs) and anything that expends my time or patience faster tends to get dumped.

Just FYI folks this is quality assurance, when one of the main devs is replying to the bottom comments on the HN thread.

Honestly, I really like them.

I like the splash screens too. But they're also not professional. If I'm showing something to the big boss, and the first thing they see is an anime splash screen, he's going to look at me funny.

GIMP I don't have that problem. Yeah I 'could' mess with custom shortcuts for all of our devices, but why (also irrelevant since we're all OSX)? GIMP serves well enough and it's one other thing I don't have to do.

I am sorry for you, you have a boss who judges book by its cover. Well you can always call him after the program is started and show him how it works :) that may change his mind if he is really wanting to change it that is.

Of course, other people complain their boss cannot handle the name "gimp" because it's unprofessional.

In any case, I've given you a solution. And, of course, it's not something you have to do on all the devices, you download Krita's portable zip file version, if using Windows, adapt the .lnk file one, and then roll out the update by creating a new Windows image with the modified version of Krita.

At least, that's how professional organization handle OS and application provisioning.

I think I have two reasons not to roll Krita now. Thank you for your time.

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