GIMP Now Offers an Official Snap Package For Linux Users (nerds.xyz)
(Sunday October 19, 2025 @05:50PM (EditorDavid)
from the ready-in-a-Snap dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/19/1954240/gimp-now-offers-an-official-snap-package-for-linux-users
- Source link: https://nerds.xyz/2025/10/gimp-official-snap-package-linux/
Slashdot reader [1]BrianFagioli writes:
> GIMP has officially launched its own Snap package for Linux, finally taking over from the community-maintained Snapcrafters project. The move means all future GIMP releases will now be built directly from the team's CI pipeline, ensuring faster, more consistent updates across distributions. The developers also introduced a new "gimp-plugins" interface to support external plugins while maintaining Snap's security confinement, with GMIC and OpenVINO already supported.
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> This marks another major step in GIMP's cross-platform packaging efforts, joining Flatpak and MSIX distribution options. The first officially maintained version, [2]Version 3.0.6 GIMP 3.0.6, is [3]available now on the "latest/stable" Snap channel , with preview builds rolling out for testers.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli
[2] https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/06/gimp-3-0-6-released/
[3] https://snapcraft.io/gimp
> GIMP has officially launched its own Snap package for Linux, finally taking over from the community-maintained Snapcrafters project. The move means all future GIMP releases will now be built directly from the team's CI pipeline, ensuring faster, more consistent updates across distributions. The developers also introduced a new "gimp-plugins" interface to support external plugins while maintaining Snap's security confinement, with GMIC and OpenVINO already supported.
>
> This marks another major step in GIMP's cross-platform packaging efforts, joining Flatpak and MSIX distribution options. The first officially maintained version, [2]Version 3.0.6 GIMP 3.0.6, is [3]available now on the "latest/stable" Snap channel , with preview builds rolling out for testers.
[1] https://slashdot.org/~BrianFagioli
[2] https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/10/06/gimp-3-0-6-released/
[3] https://snapcraft.io/gimp
yay snaps! (Score:2)
by serviscope_minor ( 664417 )
I've always wanted a version on the gimp that takes ages to start, runs slower and can access all the critical files in my home directory but not a plug in usb stick it a secondary drive for "security reasons".
Re: yay snaps! (Score:2)
by Thelasko ( 1196535 )
You forgot takes up more disk space.
Oh I'm projecting all right... (Score:1)
..,inside your MOM!!!