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I honestly thought Glimpse was the rename, but I guess they're different projects

Glimpse was the attempted creation of a fork with a new name. They made a single release 2.5 years ago and later disbanded. The project officially shut down nearly 2 years ago.

Name change recommendations are the ultimate bike shedding way for people to get involved in a project and contribute nothing.

Seems like a good honeypot to trap those who only intend to cause chaos.

You really think that's what this is about?

Look. I teach in a university and the best part of my job is onboarding people to free and open source software; really trying to open more people up to getting involved and helping and using it etc.

I am all but certain that the childish insistence on such a borderline ridiculous name is the primary reason it's never been seen as a serious competitor to Photoshop despite being so technically.

They need to grow up.

Throwing internet temper tantrums about other people's software and demanding someone else needs to grow up is pretty rich. You're wasting a perfectly good teachable moment whereby students can learn that not everyone is beholden to Victorian standards of grimdark prudish joylessness.

I have also taught in several universities; not once has anyone even questioned the name GIMP, because I never made a big deal about it, and so there was no big deal. Your behavior shapes theirs; lean into that.

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