GIMP's GTK3 and Python 3 Shakeup: The Raw Truth About the 3.0 Reckoning

Post date: September 27, 2025 · Discovered: April 17, 2026 · 3 posts, 0 comments

GIMP is moving toward version 3.0, necessitating major architectural overhauls, specifically adopting GTK3 and Python 3.

Since no actual commentary was provided, the community's actual stance is unrecorded. One cannot gauge support or resistance to this core technological shift, nor can specific arguments about the migration difficulty or feature changes be reported.

The weight of opinion cannot be determined. The fundamental technological shift to GTK3 and Python 3 is the only known development point, leaving the immediate community reception entirely unknown.

Source Discussions (3)

This report was synthesized from the following Lemmy discussions, ranked by community score.

108
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GIMP 3.0 Released - GIMP
[email protected]·4 comments·3/17/2025·by possiblylinux127·gimp.org
33
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GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release
[email protected]·3 comments·8/20/2024·by user68k·phoronix.com
12
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[GIMP 3.0] Non-Destructive Fun
[email protected]·0 comments·9/27/2025·by schnurrito·linux-magazine.com