But Kenny, You do not have to go back to 2.8 to get back the old user interface.
'Edit > Preferences > Interface > Theme / Icon Theme' will give you legacy options. Alex On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 2:46 AM Kenny Mann <kenny.mann....@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't have the skills to compile GIMP from > <https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.22.tar.bz2> > > The new interface in GIMP 2.10 is a problem somewhat unique to me. I have a > neurological disorder. Navigating anything -- walking to the grocery store > and back, traveling by trains, buses, airplanes, sometimes even finding the > kitchen in my house -- is dependent on life-long-learned tricks that are > based in objective visible familiarity. This neural disorder is worsening. > > After using Photoshop since v. 2.2, I've been using GIMP 2.8 in Linux Mint 17 > and 18 for years. I work in GIMP 2.8 for hours every day. Samples: > <https://nowvthen.tumblr.com/archive> No prob. > > The threshold for gaining use of GIMP 2.10 would take unknown weeks of mostly > failure, due to the lack of neural mapping I have for the interface. Read: It > looks only similar to anyplace I've ever been and it's a place I have no > readable map for. To me, the (neural) map has blots that most people will > easily read in the GIMP 2.10 interface as easily recognizable information. > > The app manager in Mint 20 will only install GIMP 2.10 -- and > <https://www.gimp.org/downloads/> has only a button for a flatpack of GIMP > 2.10 > > GIMP 2.8 is available to install from the app manager in Mint 18. > > For now, I can boot a drive that's fully set up in Mint 18 with GIMP 2.8. I > can use that for as long as it hasn't gotten corrupted on my computer. I can > do a fresh install of Mint 18 for as long as that version is supported. I'd > like to get ahead on having a fresh OS install. Becoming cognizant of GIMP > 2.10 would be a big delay. At my age, that's real iffy. > > I've been doing okay with Mint 20 -- having spent weeks making the Cinnamon > version appear as much like Mint 18 Cinnamon as possible. > > Which will hold on longer -- Mint 18/GIMP 2.8 or me? Should I spend that time > mapping-out a new territory or do I get to keep working along the road that > has what I need to recognize where I am? > > Legacy is something that app developers have a long harsh history of > overlooking. (Among others, I once worked closely with Apple Newton > developers, for instance. <sigh> May Steve rest in peace.) Viable available > legacy is important. We're all legacy, sooner or later. > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:03 PM Alexandre Prokoudine > <alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 1:00 AM Kenny Mann wrote: >> > >> > Why is GIMP 2.8.16 not available? >> >> Source code: https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.16.tar.bz2 >> Windows: >> https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/windows/gimp-2.8.16-setup-6.exe >> macOS: https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/osx/gimp-2.8.16-x86_64-1.dmg >> >> We are not under any kind of obligation to provide direct links to >> obsolete releases from the main downloads page. >> >> Alex _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
