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On 1/24/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 24, 2007, at 6:06 AM, Yann Morvan wrote:
>
> > I know it's a bit prosaic but the free as in free beer thing can
> > make a difference:
> > -Photoshop CS2 at the French Adobe Store: 1075.20 euros
> > -The GIMP (G as in GNU): 0 euros
> > The GIMP's interface would have to seriously suck (and it doesn't)
> > to make up for the time spent at work earning a Photoshop licence.
>
> You know, I'm not a cheerleader for capitalism. Adobe's stuff is
> particularly overpriced and restrictively licensed too. But I
> understand there are these stores in Russia...
>
> Anyway, <http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/> tells me:
>
> > There are various ways to obtain and install the GIMP for your
> > Macintosh. In addition to the source code distribution here on
> > www.gimp.org, there are various alternative sources for packaged
> > and commercially distributed CDs, which aim to make installation
> > and setup an easier task. These include:
> >
> > Gimp.app provides a self contained application bundle of the GIMP
> > for OS X. Gimp.app requires Apple's X11.app. Gimp.app is packaged
> > by Aaron Voisine.
> > Fink is a package management system that provides everything
> > necessary to build GIMP. The Fink project is based upon the Debian
> > apt-get package management tools, and can resolve dependencies
> > among the various components necessary for a working GIMP
> > installation. A typical install, however, will require that you
> > have a working C compiler, which Apple supplies on a companion CD
> > to Mac OS X. The current gimp package maintainer for the Fink
> > project is Alexander Strange. The default location for GIMP when
> > installed with fink is /sw/bin/gimp.
> > In a similar approach, DarwinPorts provide an easy way to install
> > various open-source software products on Mac OS X. The gimp2
> > portfile is maintained by Toby Peterson. DarwinPorts places the
> > GIMP binary into /opt/local/bin.
> > In the future, it is hoped that the MetaPkg project will unify
> > several of these installation methods, but the meta packaging
> > system is not yet usable.
> > The MacGIMP project provides the latest GIMP for Mac OS X in a
> > packaged CD format. The MacGIMP project installs the GIMP in /opt/
> > local/bin. MacGIMP efforts are led by Mat Caughron. Last year he
> > helped the GIMP developers with a donation for their developers
> > conference.
>
> Now with a little work I could deal with all this, but I'm guessing
> 95% of users would look at this, throw up their hands, and check
> their bank balance.
>
> There's always GraphicConverter, $25 shareware.
>
> Doug
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