Rich, thanks for your thoughtful feedback.
It is amusing (to me) how seldom I work with a file larger than 4 gig. I've got 64 bit machine, 64 bit windows, for years I wouldn't even consider buying software unless it conformed to my need to feel evolved in that capacity. I even think I've got a copy of Ubuntu 64 bit floating around here somewhere.
But from a practical standpoint, 99.9% of the things I use a computer for, 32 bit is adequate. So, from my perspective, those extra 32 bits are "overhead".
I concur with your sentiment hoping Gimp does not follow the path Krita is on.
It just seems amusing how just 30 days ago, GMIC was working flawlessly for me under Krita, while using GMIC under Gimp was giving me that malloc error when closing GMIC that would freeze up Gimp. And now we are the other way around.(Krita being the bigger problem).
I guess that forces me into the position of wondering if going forward it's even worth installing Krita?
Ahh, well.
thanks again!
Out of curiosity, who typically produces the binaries that I download from the repository? Is it the actual application developer, or the maintainer of the repository?
Someone evidently thought it important enough to produce a 32 bit release of Krita 5.0.2......so I guess the follow through with the plug-in is where things fell short?
It is amusing (to me) how seldom I work with a file larger than 4 gig. I've got 64 bit machine, 64 bit windows, for years I wouldn't even consider buying software unless it conformed to my need to feel evolved in that capacity. I even think I've got a copy of Ubuntu 64 bit floating around here somewhere.
But from a practical standpoint, 99.9% of the things I use a computer for, 32 bit is adequate. So, from my perspective, those extra 32 bits are "overhead".
I concur with your sentiment hoping Gimp does not follow the path Krita is on.
It just seems amusing how just 30 days ago, GMIC was working flawlessly for me under Krita, while using GMIC under Gimp was giving me that malloc error when closing GMIC that would freeze up Gimp. And now we are the other way around.(Krita being the bigger problem).
I guess that forces me into the position of wondering if going forward it's even worth installing Krita?
Ahh, well.
thanks again!
Out of curiosity, who typically produces the binaries that I download from the repository? Is it the actual application developer, or the maintainer of the repository?
Someone evidently thought it important enough to produce a 32 bit release of Krita 5.0.2......so I guess the follow through with the plug-in is where things fell short?