Re: [Gimp-user] why no compiled version for Ubuntu 11.10
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 05:13:49AM +0100, mamboze wrote: I find it strange that while compiled (binaries) of GIMP are provided for Mac and Windows users, Ubuntu users are rather abruptly advised to compile from source themselves. I can do this I suppose with some effort but the question I have is, why the discrimination against Ubuntu and other Linux users? Do I need to remind you guys that a lot of support for GIMP has come from the open source community? As much as I'd like to tell you Hey, switch to Fedora, because we've got it, the basic fact is that: 1. So does Ubuntu: https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gimp/ and 2. The gimp docs clearly tell you how to install it for multiple Linux distributions. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The fundamental difference here isn't that Windows and Mac get special treatment. Instead, it's that with most Linux distributions, it's *built in*. -- Matthew Miller mat...@mattdm.org http://mattdm.org/ ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
[Gimp-user] why no compiled version for Ubuntu 11.10
As much as I'd like to tell you Hey, switch to Fedora, because we've got it, the basic fact is that: 1. So does Ubuntu: https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/gimp/ and 2. The gimp docs clearly tell you how to install it for multiple Linux distributions. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The fundamental difference here isn't that Windows and Mac get special treatment. Instead, it's that with most Linux distributions, it's *built in*. Ok, I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and I have GIMP 2.6.11 I well understand that this is the version currently available from the Ubuntu Software Center and doing a sudo apt-get install gimp tells me I have the latest version already installed. So I think that kind of covers points 1 and 2 in the above. And while we're talking about 'basic' facts, what I was commenting on was the 'basic' fact that while users on other platforms have access to GIMP 2.8 binaries, Ubuntu users (particularly 11.10) do not. Why? -- mamboze (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
Re: [Gimp-user] why no compiled version for Ubuntu 11.10
On 12/11/2012 12:44 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:36 AM, mamboze wrote: @owen I wouldn't have thought that 11.10 qualified as an 'ancient distro' unless I was on some kind of weird time warp :) Anyhow, thanks to all for putting me in the picture. Just one question tho if I opt for 12.04 LTS, will later versions of GIMP run on it or am I looking at an approximately 12 month window for support? Rather the latter. GIMP tends to occasionally pick latest GTK+ abnd glib libraries as dependencies. It's times like this I am very glad that I stay behind the curve of new releases of software I use for production. Early next year I will be cleaning Ubuntu out and installing Mint, and GIMP 2.8 is a stock part in that distro, yay! I expect lots of minor annoyances and adjustments with the new OS but no show-stoppers with the GIMP. :o) Steve ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
