GIMP 3.0 has been released

GIMP 3.0 was just released a day or so ago, after many years of development and after some years of broken ETAs.

https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/03/16/gimp-3-0-released/

I have tried their 2.99 dev builds on-and-off in the past while usually going back to the latest stable 2.x. I installed 3.0 yesterday and after the shock of widgets shifting slightly out of their normal positions I think I'll get used to it, and am interested in the new non-destructive effects they added that were planned for 3.1 but that ended up going into 3.0. Also nice to finally get rid of GTK2 from my system, after Principia and now GIMP have switched away from it. :)

I of course remain happy with GIMP as my go-to image editor even with its flaws, switching to it from Paint.NET even back when I used Windows. GIMP was also used a lot during Principia's development for assets even back in the day, along with other well known free and open source software such as Inkscape and Blender.