What the hell is wrong with GNU Imp? And a little devil mascot? Problem solved.
this post was submitted on 30 May 2025
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We honestly should rename GIMP. Itβs a bad name. I think a new and better acronym would substantially improve brand recognition. Something like:
Free Utility for Creative Kits, Brushes, Overlays, & Imaging
FUCKBOI
~~Free~~ FOSS Utility for Creative Kits Brushes, Overlays, & Imaging
You forgot that for whatever reason we have to have an acronym in our acronym.
FUCKBOI Utility for Creative Kits, Brushes, Overlays, & Imaging
it's have to be recursive too.
I'm So Meta Even This Acronym
Like "Wine Is Not an Emulator"
There was a fork that did nothing but replace the name and graphics to GLIMPSE
The gimp oss community is really fucking rabid about NOT EVER changing the name
Probably because they never thought to change it to FUCKBOI.
Based, Tbh
We shouldn't fuck ourselves to the sensibilities of sterile bullshit corporate AmeriKKKa
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This individual for position of authority! I endorse this.
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie.
Are you the person who write us law's titles?
I genuinely believe Fedora would be far more popular if it had a different name
Mβdistro!
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yet it's GIMP YouTube decides to censor
created an image editor
named it GIMP
mascot is a furry face in a black leather mask with a brush in the mouth
is open source community okay?
mascot is a furry face in a black leather mask
That's what you see?
I think a few Rorschach tests might be in your future.
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That face doesn't even look remotely like a furry that is closer to a boomerang or an actual wolf than a furry.
Also sorta funny since one of the best drawing apps for iPad is literally called procreate and agreed
Hey look at that, you were able to describe the joke.
wat?
Procreate means to reproduce.
The counterpoint references yhe fact that the GNU version is Gimp which is a term also used to refer to a submissive in an extreme fetish related domain.
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I remember there was an effort to rename Coq, it turned out.. well? https://rocq-prover.org/
As for git.. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/git It doesn't seem it would be renamed.. However, got seems to be quite a nice acronym: https://gameoftrees.org/
This is an outrage!
Coq was such an excellent name. Short, memorable, unique, related to its origins and logo, as well as funny.
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