Dr. Juande Santander-Vela
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The origins of the Scroll Lock key of PC keyboards.
The origins of the Scroll Lock key of PC keyboards.
Somehow I’ve stumbled upon a strange combination for special characters using my option keys, but they do not match what I’m expecting to be using on from the U.S. English Macintosh keyboard…
…and I still don’t know how to type an ellipsis without pasting…
Also, I’m now messing around with keyd because I desperately want to get my typing figured out and I am not sold on the compose key.
Using Xfce on real hardware (which feels a lot like it was modeled after Mac OS X a bit), I was able to pick my keyboard and I’m typing em dashes and elipses, no problem. Still annoyed that the left option key is unavailable to me by default. sigh
GIMP v3.04
It was this early morning, when I tried to fire up GIMP, I noticed that I had forgotten to install this magnificent gfx tool kit.
I ran apt install gimp immediately
I've been using GIMP ever since it came out, decades ago (spawn 1995). Even though the UI was totally different from what I was used to, adaptation was fast and my fluency in use of GIMP increased fast. I like working in GIMP
The GIMP is 31 years old
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In 1995, Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis began developing GIMP as a semester project at University of California, Berkeley for the eXperimental Computing Facility.[8] The software was originally named the General Image Manipulation Program
GIMP v0.54 was first released in 1996
Over the decades I've seen a lot of users emitting futile complaints about the GUI, the use of many windows / viewports, while I can easily transition from closed source software on client's machines, to the GIMP, just by switching the mindset regarding the UI. The logic behind UI decisions is easily traceable.
GIMP has so many functions, I know of nobody who knows how to use all of them.
You should learn what you need to do, get fluent into those tasks, and learn more when you need more. This mind set also works in VIM, which has a massive ammount of functions and commands to make not only your programming in different languages more pleasant, it also has subtle assist functions which makes your source entries even more enjoyable.
GIMP always gives me consistent performance and I can rely on the keyboard shortcuts without having to use the mouse to select functions brushes, et all.
GIMP is for me a must have in my photo correction work flow. I've never relied on closed source software for those tasks, GIMP always has similar functions, many working even more efficient with your computer's CPU / GPU resources.
For the Love of GIMP
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Note:
I've always known that Open Source programs can be trusted better than closed source equivalents, something you all know when it comes down to the big photo manupilation suite, which enshittifies everything for its paying users.
GIMP shall always have its users back
You can trust GIMP
Sources:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP
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