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| DATE | 2020-09-04 |
| FROM | Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-user-list
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Gimp-user] GIMP Version 2.8.16
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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 wrote:
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> I don't have the skills to compile GIMP from
>
> 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.
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> 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: No prob.
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> 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.
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> The app manager in Mint 20 will only install GIMP 2.10 -- and has only a button for a flatpack of GIMP 2.10
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> GIMP 2.8 is available to install from the app manager in Mint 18.
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> 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.
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> I've been doing okay with Mint 20 -- having spent weeks making the Cinnamon version appear as much like Mint 18 Cinnamon as possible.
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> 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?
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> 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. May Steve rest in peace.) Viable available legacy is important. We're all legacy, sooner or later.
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> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:03 PM Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
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>> 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
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