Gimp 2.8 Released

9May2012

Last week, on the 3rd of May 2012 the GNU Image Manipulation Program, also known as the GIMP, released version 2.8 of their cross-platform software. It supports many new features, the most notable of which is the long awaited single-window mode as well as many other user interface tweaks which make this version more attractive and intuitive to use.

It is available to download from the gimp.org.

10 Useful Linux Terminal Commands

10Oct2011

1. $ whoami

Okay, I hear you, this might not be that useful, but shh! I enjoy it nonetheless. This command basically just prints out the name of the current user. After a long programming session I occasionally like being told my own name.