Alternative to Gimp?

[Ken Moffat]

dep wrote:

>quoth Michael Hipp:
>| Anyone used 'Perico'? Is it a viable alternative to Gimp?
>
>not until it gets menu driven instead of throwing boxes all over the 
>place!
>
>i would be delighted to find a standalone image editor that has the 
>capabilities and ease of use (first time that phrase has ever been used 
>in connection with it, but compared to gimp it's a slam dunk) of the 
>graphics app in staroffice 5.2. so far, haven't found one. i'm about to 
>reload applix, so ridiculous is the gimp. still not very good, but what 
>it offers is readily available and does not require one to have 
>memorized the entire frigging spectrum in hex.
>  
>

Have you tried gimp-1.3? I use libranet and it's available in debian 
unstable. They have added menus to the image window and combined some of 
the windows, so there is a bit less clutter.

-- 
Ken