(11-13-2024, 06:13 AM)Tas_mania Wrote: I agree with rich the 'official' Artbox appimage is the one to use.
I noticed a few things.
The Gimp binary in the Gimp 3.00RC1 deb file is just 7.4Mb while the Gimp binary in the Artbox appimage is 35Mb.
The Gimp deb file is just a bare-bones Gimp but it contains python and script-fu and they are not listed as dependencies.
So a lot of differently compiled Gimp3's.
I guess the documentation hasn't been done which is normal for FOSS
It's hard not t call this version 'bloat ware'.
Why does it need a built-in LVM (logical volume management) and a gvfs virtual file system? The appimage is doing peer to peer encrypted internal networking. No wonder it took so long to make
If you want to see how Artbox works check the AppRun file and see all the exported paths.
What would be good is a fully functional Gimp3 including python3 and script-fu in one package
FWIW, the compilation of Gimp+Gegl+Babl on my Linux produces 190MB of artifacts with 14MB of executables (Gimp itself is about 9MB) and 39MB of libraries, but in the rest of the 190MB there are 45MB of docs and 52MB of of translations. The share directory is 33MB with 16MB of brushes and 9MB of icons. So the smallest delivery (Gimp+Resources+Translations) is around 138MB (43MB compressed) or 86MB (26MB compressed) if you forego the translations.