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Should I remove GIMP?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Reach 0.0006%

Versions

VersionDistribution
2.8.4 75.00%
2.8.2 8.33%
2.6.11 8.33%
2.6.10 8.33%

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GIMP

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

The most used version is 2.8.4, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 main program executable is gimp-2.6.exe. The software installer includes 92 files and is usually about 107.69 KB (110,270 bytes). 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-2.0\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\setup\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 107.69 KB
Language: Portuguese (Brazil)

Program filesFiles installed by GIMP

Program executable:gimp-2.6.exe
Signed by:Open Source Developer
Path:C:\Program Files\gimp-2.0\bin\gimp-2.6.exe
MD5:193ee65090683cd8234a5183d15540d4
GIMP is an image retouching and editing tool and is released under the GPLv3 license as free and open-source software. GIMP has tools used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting...
Additional files:
  • alien-map.exe
  • align-layers.exe
  • animation-optimize.exe
  • animation-play.exe
  • antialias.exe
  • apply-canvas.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.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
  • colormap-remap.exe
  • color-rotate.exe
  • color-to-alpha.exe
  • compose.exe
  • contrast-normalize.exe
  • contrast-retinex.exe
  • contrast-stretch.exe
  • contrast-stretch-hsv.exe
  • convolution-matrix.exe
  • crop-auto.exe
  • freebl3.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - Network Security Services (NSS freebl Library)
  • freetype6.dll
  • gimp-2.8.exe (by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team) - GNU Image Manipulation Program
  • gimp-console-2.6.exe
  • gimp-console-2.8.exe (by Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis and the GIMP Development Team)
  • gimptool-2.0.exe
  • gspawn-win32-helper.exe
  • gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe
  • gspawn-win64-helper.exe
  • gspawn-win64-helper-console.exe
  • iconv.dll
  • intl.dll (by Free Software Foundation) - libintl: accessing NLS message catalogs (LGPLed libintl for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and Windows 95/98/ME)
  • jpeg62.dll (by Independent JPEG Group ) - Jpeg (Jpeg: library and tools for JPEG images)
  • libart_lgpl_2-2.dll
  • libasprintf-0.dll
  • libatk-1.0-0.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - atk
  • libbabl-0.0-0.dll
  • 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

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • gimp-2.6.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{2B50F14C-3DBF-4B8A-9F79-56827FF77F6D}' (runs on registration).
  • gimp-2.8.exe is scheduled as a task named 'elevated_gimp-2.8_nib1~2PMIG1~ARGORPC'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

gimp-2.6.exe
Memory:403.19 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0006743945%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00049383%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00018057%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:7,435,111
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:22
70 average
I/O reads/min:5.54 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:853 Bytes
105.02 KB average

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, 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 10 67%
Win 7 8%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
COUNTRY POPULARITY
28.57%
United States

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 66.67%
Windows 7 33.33%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 8.1 Enterprise 36.36%
Windows 7 Home Premium 18.18%
Windows 8 Single Language 9.09%
Windows 10 Enterprise 9.09%
Windows 7 Ultimate 9.09%
Windows 8.1 Single Langua... 9.09%

Distribution by countryGeography

28.57% of installs come from Brazil
Which countries install it?
  Brazil 28.57%
  United States 28.57%
  Australia 28.57%
  India 7.14%
  United Kingdom 7.14%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 44.44%
Lenovo 33.33%
Hewlett-Packard 11.11%
ASUS 11.11%
Common models
LENOVO 20C0S00H00 10.00%
LENOVO 20C0CTO1WW 10.00%
Itautec S.A. Infoway n864... 10.00%
Intel Corporation HuronRi... 10.00%
HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF 10.00%
empty empty 10.00%

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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