[OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp software on public PCs

[Chad Neeper]

The Gimp is pretty patron-computer friendly. I used to install it on 
patron computers as a matter of course, but haven't so much lately. 
Mostly just because it caters to a pretty specific audience:  people 
that want to do advanced graphics editing (retouching photos...things of 
that nature). For the very casual photo editing, some of the other 
programs out there might be a little easier to use for novice users. 
Gimp is very powerful, but has a steeper learning curve in my opinion.

I'd say that if you have patrons requesting it, then by all means go 
ahead and install it for them! It's not difficult to install.


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On 7/20/2011 1:45 PM, Marlene Pelyhes wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We had a patron request that we install GIMP on our public PCs.
>
> I do not know much about it other than:
> GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package.
>
> Does anyone else have this software on their public computers?
> Do you add open source software to them.. on request?
>
> thanks
> Marlene Pelyhes
> IT, Manager
> Mentor Public Library
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