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I appreciate GIMP but nah, it's objectively inferior to Photoshop by a long shot and development is really slow. I mean they've only just got to GTK 3.
It's comparatively difficult to use.
Plus they insist on sticking to that infantile name. I don't know how they're expecting to get industry support with a name like that.
Don't get me wrong I use it every once in a while but damn they're so far behind it's a joke. And the worst part is they seemingly don't want the project to advance.