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From: taob@ionews.io.org (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: The GIMP
Date: 27 Nov 1995 16:52:31 -0500
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[Cc'd to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc and gimp@soda.csua.berkeley.edu]
In article <48s543$r7b@agate.berkeley.edu>, Peter Mattis <petm@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>
>The GIMP has been tested (and developed) on the following operating
>systems: Linux 1.2.13, Solaris 2.4, HPUX 9.05, SGI IRIX.
>
>Currently, the biggest restriction to running the GIMP is the Motif
>requirement. We will release a statically linked binary for several
>systems soon (including Linux).
Even though it isn't listed as a supported OS, gimp 0.5 compiles
quite nicely under FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE with the addition of one
#include line in some of the source files and linking with gnumalloc
instead of the default bsdmalloc.
I have uploaded a statically-linked binary to freefall.cdrom.com
in the /incoming directory and once I get some feedback on it, I will
contribute it to the GIMP maintainers at Berkeley.
For comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc readers just joining in, GIMP is
"General Image Manipulation Program". It is a Motif-based integrated
image editor that supports 8, 15, 16 and 24-bit colour depths. It is
truly an impressive product and a must-have for those would like to do
all their Web design work under X11. It includes almost all the
simple features in Photoshop that I use for inline graphic design
(masking, fuzzy colour selection, anti-aliased brushes and text,
common plug-ins, etc.)
The Web page is at http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~gimp/ .
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
Systems Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"