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Should I remove GIMP?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #5,669
United States Rank #6,439
Reach 0.0842%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 16.75 days
494.11 days >
Average installed length: 259.62 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.8.8 100.00%

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GIMP 2.8.8

What is GIMP?

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image retouching and editing tool. GIMP has tools used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialised tasks. Animated images such as GIF and MPEG files can be created using an animation plugin.

About  (from The GIMP Team)

GIMP is a freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-retouching program, an ...  Read more

Overview

A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named gimp-2.8.exe. The setup package generally installs about 117 files. The program uses the GLib GNOME library.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: gimp-win.sourceforge.net
Help link: www.gimp.org/docs
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\uninst\unins000.exe"

Program filesFiles installed by GIMP 2.8.8

Program executable:gimp-2.8.exe
Name:GNU Image Manipulation Program
Path:C:\Program Files\gimp 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe
MD5:ff1a6e5e944d51d040d749d455c4dcec
Additional files:
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • libgcrypt-11.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgcrypt (Libgcrypt - The GNU Crypto Library)
  • libffi-5.dll
  • libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
  • alien-map.exe (by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team) - GNU Image Manipulation Program (GNU Image Manipulation Program Plug-In)
  • align-layers.exe (by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team)
  • animation-optimize.exe
  • animation-play.exe
  • antialias.exe
  • apply-canvas.exe
  • bimp.exe
  • blinds.exe
  • blur.exe
  • blur-gauss.exe
  • blur-gauss-selective.exe
  • blur-motion.exe
  • border-average.exe
  • bump-map.exe
  • bz2-1.dll
  • bzip2.exe
  • cartoon.exe
  • channel-mixer.exe
  • checkerboard.exe
  • cml-explorer.exe
  • color-cube-analyze.exe
  • color-enhance.exe
  • color-exchange.exe
  • colorify.exe
  • color-rotate.exe
  • color-to-alpha.exe
  • dbus-bash-completion-helper.exe
  • freebl3.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
  • gimp-console-2.8.exe
  • gimptool-2.0.exe
  • icudata51.dll
  • icui18n51.dll
  • icuio51.dll
  • icule51.dll
  • iculx51.dll
  • icutest51.dll
  • icutu51.dll
  • icuuc51.dll
  • libatk-1.0-0.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - atk
  • libbabl-0.1-0.dll
  • libcairo-2.dll
  • libcroco-0.6-3.dll
  • libcurl-4.dll
  • libdbus-1-3.dll
  • libdbus-glib-1-2.dll
  • libenchant.dll (by none) - libenchant
  • libexif-12.dll
  • libexpat-1.dll
  • libexslt-0.dll
  • libffi-6.dll
  • libfontconfig-1.dll
  • libfreetype-6.dll
  • libgailutil-18.dll
  • libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll - GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit)
  • libgdkglext-win32-1.0-0.dll
  • libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll - GIMP Drawing Kit

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • pythonw.exe is scheduled as a task named 'TheUnderMineJournal Update' (runs daily at 20:54).
  • wininst-9.0.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{61FC47B8-E3EF-4C11-9E85-1A02C1053E58}' (runs on registration).
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • python.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Python27\python.exe'.
  • pythonw.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Python27\pythonw.exe'.

How do I remove GIMP?

You can uninstall GIMP from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program GIMP 2.8.8, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove GIMP.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win 8.1 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#5,669

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 57.79%
Windows 10 35.90%
Windows Vista 3.49%
Windows XP 2.83%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 31.60%
Windows 8.1 13.53%
Windows 7 Professional 13.29%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.27%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.83%
Windows 10 Home 3.99%

Distribution by countryGeography

39.61% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 39.61%
  Germany 11.09%
  France 6.03%
  United Kingdom 4.31%
  Italy 3.98%
  Canada 3.88%
  Czech Republic 2.80%
  Netherlands 2.26%
  Belgium 1.94%
  Poland 1.88%
  Sweden 1.83%
  Australia 1.78%
  Brazil 1.35%
  Spain 1.29%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.92%
Dell 17.26%
Acer 16.04%
ASUS 14.13%
GIGABYTE 7.67%
Toshiba 5.35%
Lenovo 4.44%
Samsung 4.34%
Medion 3.23%
Intel 1.01%
MSI 1.01%
Alienware 0.91%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.36%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.59%
ASUS All Series 4.34%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.06%
Dell Inspiron N5110 2.30%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.30%

About The GIMP Team

GIMP is primarily developed by volunteers as a free software project under the GNU project.
Publisher URL: www.gimp.org

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