Finally confirmed: single window mode is coming for 2.8! But thats not the whole story yet The plan for 2.8 also includes lots of other cool new usability and interaction features!

Gimp has been know for two very important things, being a pretty good image editor and having one of the most controversial UI with the use of multi-windows, but that might change very soon.

Most probably, GIMP 2.8 will yet be released 2009, so it has been time to have a look at the current developer version. Though GIMP 2.8 doesn't bring revolutionary things like non-destructive image editing, there are some features you will like.

The release of GIMP 2.7.0 is a first step towards GIMP 2.8, the next stable release. Please note that this is an unstable development snapshot and read the GIMP 2.7 release notes. Actually, in the following repository, the current version of Gimp is 2.7.1 already. To install it in Ubuntu, just copy & paste the following commands into a terminal to add the Launchpad PPA repository:

GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program was updated today to version 2.6.7. GIMP 2.6.7 comes with lots of bug-fixes and it contains an important fix for using GIMP with the latest GEGL and babl releases.

I finally made the switch from Adobe Photoshop to GIMP, and it was a success. Here are some begginers how-tos and tutorials that I found useful and can help you start photo-editing with GIMP.

rickspencer3 proposes pulling the gimp from the (ubuntu) CD. ZOMG! No offense to Rick Spencer but.. How reasonable is the rationale behind this? That f-spot is enough? Enough for what? For laughing?