Re: [Gimp-user] [Gimp-developer] Curious about GIMP-2.10 bugs on Windows

[Patrick Shanahan <paka opensuse org>]

* Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com> [05-11-18 11:29]:
> On 05/11/2018 10:36 AM, Tom Williams wrote:
> > On 05/11/2018 07:24 AM, Elle Stone wrote:
>
> > > I have no clue whether more people use GIMP on Windows than on Linux.
> > > But either way my questions remain:
> > >
> > > Are most of these "post release of 2.10" bug reports specific to GIMP
> > > on Windows? or do they also affect GIMP on Linux?
> > >
> > > Was there such an influx of Windows(-only?) bug reports for 2.8,
> > > compared to 2.10?
>
> > My initial reaction to the GIMP 2.10 bugs on Windows vs Linux is:  have
> > many Linux distros started offering GIMP 2.10 as an upgrade/update?   I
> > run Mint 18.3, on my laptop, and GIMP 2.10 isn't available as an update,
> > yet.  I don't have the time to try updating GIMP manually, so I wait for
> > the distribution to update the software for me.  Now that I think about
> > it, my mom's Ubuntu 16.04 system hasn't received a GIMP 2.10 update either.
> >
> > Maybe as the distros start making GIMP 2.10 available, more Linux users
> > will use it.  I'm just thinking out loud.  :)
>
> OK, that makes sense. Maybe a flood of bug reports from Linux users will
> come in when/as GIMP-2.10 is included in more Linux distributions.

it is available on openSUSE Tumbleweed and I have it installed.  for the
small uses I have made, it loads quicker than 2.8 and appears more
responsive.  no crashes.  some difficulty finding some actions, but
nothing major.

appears a good job was done.

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