Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP Version 2.8.16

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

But Kenny,

You do not have to go back to 2.8 to get back the old user interface.

'Edit > Preferences > Interface > Theme / Icon Theme' will give you
legacy options.

Alex

On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 2:46 AM Kenny Mann <kenny mann mal gmail com> wrote:
> I don't have the skills to compile GIMP from 
> <https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.22.tar.bz2>
>
> The new interface in GIMP 2.10 is a problem somewhat unique to me. I have a neurological disorder. 
> Navigating anything -- walking to the grocery store and back, traveling by trains, buses, airplanes, 
> sometimes even finding the kitchen in my house -- is dependent on life-long-learned tricks that are based 
> in objective visible familiarity. This neural disorder is worsening.
>
> After using Photoshop since v. 2.2, I've been using GIMP 2.8 in Linux Mint 17 and 18 for years. I work in 
> GIMP 2.8 for hours every day. Samples: <https://nowvthen.tumblr.com/archive> No prob.
>
> The threshold for gaining use of GIMP 2.10 would take unknown weeks of mostly failure, due to the lack of 
> neural mapping I have for the interface. Read: It looks only similar to anyplace I've ever been and it's a 
> place I have no readable map for. To me, the (neural) map has blots that most people will easily read in 
> the GIMP 2.10 interface as easily recognizable information.
>
> The app manager in Mint 20 will only install GIMP 2.10 -- and <https://www.gimp.org/downloads/> has only a 
> button for a flatpack of GIMP 2.10
>
> GIMP 2.8 is available to install from the app manager in Mint 18.
>
> For now, I can boot a drive that's fully set up in Mint 18 with GIMP 2.8. I can use that for as long as it 
> hasn't gotten corrupted on my computer. I can do a fresh install of Mint 18 for as long as that version is 
> supported. I'd like to get ahead on having a fresh OS install. Becoming cognizant of GIMP 2.10 would be a 
> big delay. At my age, that's real iffy.
>
> I've been doing okay with Mint 20 -- having spent weeks making the Cinnamon version appear as much like 
> Mint 18 Cinnamon as possible.
>
> Which will hold on longer -- Mint 18/GIMP 2.8 or me? Should I spend that time mapping-out a new territory 
> or do I get to keep working along the road that has what I need to recognize where I am?
>
> Legacy is something that app developers have a long harsh history of overlooking. (Among others, I once 
> worked closely with Apple Newton developers, for instance. <sigh> May Steve rest in peace.) Viable 
> available legacy is important. We're all legacy, sooner or later.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:03 PM Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 1:00 AM Kenny Mann wrote:
> > > Why is GIMP 2.8.16 not available?
> >
> > Source code: https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-2.8.16.tar.bz2
> > Windows: https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/windows/gimp-2.8.16-setup-6.exe
> > macOS: https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/osx/gimp-2.8.16-x86_64-1.dmg
> >
> > We are not under any kind of obligation to provide direct links to
> > obsolete releases from the main downloads page.
> >
> > Alex