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TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote at 17:32 this Monday (GMT):

On 2025-03-24 12:45, Farley Flud wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:17:11 -0400, TJ wrote:

I'm a farmer, and I've been mistakenly using GIMP for years to prepare
planning maps that show what I want to plant where on my diversified
farm. They use a satellite photo as a base, with color-coded fields
drawn on it as overlaying layers, labeled with the size in acres.

You would probably be better served with GIS (Geographic Information System) >> software such as GRASS GIS for Linux:

https://grass.osgeo.org/download/linux/

GIMP is for basic image manipulation on plain old raster image formats.
Attempting to shoehorn such a program into GIS analysis is just asking
for problems.

I'll look into it, but at a glance it looks like it's far more elaborate
and feature-packed than I really need for my purposes. I've been using
The GIMP for this since 2006, so I pretty much know how to make it work
for me.

Assuming, of course, that GIMP 3.0 hasn't been changed so radically that
the UI is completely new. Even so, I don't expect my distro's stable
release to move away from 2.10 for a little while yet, so I should be
good for this year's cropping plans.

TJ

If it's Debian, then you won't have to worry about GIMP 3.0 for at least another year!

I still enjoy Debian, but the outdatded pages is a bit annoying
sometimes.
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:

TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote at 17:32 this Monday (GMT):

Assuming, of course, that GIMP 3.0 hasn't been changed so radically that
the UI is completely new. Even so, I don't expect my distro's stable
release to move away from 2.10 for a little while yet, so I should be
good for this year's cropping plans.

If it's Debian, then you won't have to worry about GIMP 3.0 for at least >another year!

I still enjoy Debian, but the outdatded pages is a bit annoying
sometimes.

https://i.imgur.com/6EYxO3X.png


Just use the AppImage of 3.x.
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United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
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Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 22:14 this Wednesday (GMT):

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:

TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote at 17:32 this Monday (GMT):

Assuming, of course, that GIMP 3.0 hasn't been changed so radically that >>> the UI is completely new. Even so, I don't expect my distro's stable
release to move away from 2.10 for a little while yet, so I should be
good for this year's cropping plans.

If it's Debian, then you won't have to worry about GIMP 3.0 for at least >>another year!

I still enjoy Debian, but the outdatded pages is a bit annoying
sometimes.

https://i.imgur.com/6EYxO3X.png

Just use the AppImage of 3.x.

Fair enough. I don't use GIMP often enough to go out of my way for 3.x,
tho
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candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:

Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote at 22:14 this Wednesday (GMT):

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
wrote:

TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote at 17:32 this Monday (GMT):

Assuming, of course, that GIMP 3.0 hasn't been changed so radically that >>>> the UI is completely new. Even so, I don't expect my distro's stable
release to move away from 2.10 for a little while yet, so I should be >>>> good for this year's cropping plans.

If it's Debian, then you won't have to worry about GIMP 3.0 for at least >>>another year!

I still enjoy Debian, but the outdatded pages is a bit annoying >>>sometimes.

https://i.imgur.com/6EYxO3X.png

Just use the AppImage of 3.x.

Fair enough. I don't use GIMP often enough to go out of my way for 3.x,
tho

To be honest, I might not have thought to do that if not for this
thread, here. I looked at the download page, and the AppImage was the
viable way to do it, so now I have it, but I could go back to the
distro version if I wished.
--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 15:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

If it's Debian, then you won't have to worry about GIMP 3.0 for at least another year!

I have it already. Arrived in my last monthly update (along with Inkscape 1.4).

(Debian Unstable, of course.)
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