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Free software has some glib naming conventions (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] squaresinger@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But the acronym totally destroys the understandability of the program name and instead is understood as "an unpleasant or stupid person" (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gimp).

If you look at similar commercial software you get names like MS Paint, Photoshop or Lightroom.

They should have stuck with "GNU Image", "GNU Photo" or maybe "GNU PhotoEdit".

[โ€“] JesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 days ago

When I teach old people how to use GIMP, we all laugh at the name, I explain what it stands for, and then they don't forget it.