On Saturday 20 March 2004 15:38, Carol Spears wrote: first: i hope this is not a troll trial (that would have trapped me) second: i'm using linux as well - so you don't me when talking about users of other (so called) OSs third: what in the gimp 2.0 (pre) do you think is "crap" fourth: it seems to happen, that actual software tries to make use of actual hardware to enhance features and usability fith: if a 486 cannot run gtk2 (not sure about that) you just cannot use it sixth: afaik gimp has a noninteraktive mode (that should work on your 486) seventh: gimp is open source, well documented and has (as i could just figure out) a helpfull developer community: if you cannot use the current ui you could start to write gtk1 interface eighth: why are you that aggressive? (and - regarding your last post - insulting) finally: i just joined this list - so please excuse me if i was trapped by a known troll Thomas -- Think, think different. But essentially: Think!