So there isn’t actually a problem with GIMP.
this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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I really fail to see the problem. The open source community has long had a tendency for wacky names.
Gnu Image manipulation program, no? What a dumb article
Its such a shitty backronym. All because someone had watched pulp fiction and decided it was funny.
Gimp is never going to spread as much as it needs to because of this name. Imagine telling your mother that she should go download "gimp" without feeling embarrassed.
I don't think the name is why it isn't used so much. I think it's because it's un-intuitive and almost incomparable to non-destructive/parametric professional programs. You can't even change text after applying a style... for many, things like this makes it practically useless for real work.
Someone already tried to fork GIMP in order to change the name (Glimpse)... it didn't work and they gave up.
I'm not saying its solely the name, I'm saying its the earliest stumbling point for getting people to use it
The only time I have ever heard of anyone complaining about the name were literally the Glimpse devs themselves.