Apesar de ser um software livre e muito popular no Linux ele também roda na maior parte dos *nix (Sun Solaris por exemplo), Mac, BSD, e também no Windows.

Se você pretente trabalhar com suas fotos ou mesmo com artes gráficas e ainda não escolheu um programa gráfico esta é a melhor opção, pois é de graça, multiplataforma e possui inúmeros recursos tais como os encontrados em seus concorrentes pagos.

New GIMP Release

Last days most OpenSource software had launched new releases. GIMP is one. very popular in the Linux world, the new version 2.4 comes with a lot of news, wich may be viewed at project site, which was also reviewed  with tne new release together.

Although it was a free software very popular on Linux, it works in the most *nix (i.e. Sun Solaris) platforms, Mac, BSD and also Windows.

If you want to work with your photos or even with graphic arts and have not yet chosen a graphic program, this is the best option, because it’s free, multiplatform and has many features such as found in its competitors paid.