GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

    •  ___   ( @___@lemm.ee ) 
      3•28 days ago

      It’s almost like the whole customized apps to fit into the GTK framework concept creates too much added work and needs to be rethought.

      I don’t understand why someone should choose any GTK variant when they’ll have to refactor and rewrite their application every few years.