M$ Paint to be killed off after 32 years ...

un1x · 07-25-2017, 10:51 AM

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...diting-program

Doug G · 07-25-2017, 07:47 PM

Paint isn't being killed off. However, paint will change from being included with windows to become an app from the windows store. http://news.softpedia.com/news/no-mi...3-517149.shtml

frankbell · 07-25-2017, 07:49 PM

I used to be quite good with Paint. I designed training materials for a software product. I used CTRL-Print Screen or Print Screen to take screenshots and would then edit them in Paint before embedding them in the documents.

When I first met KolourPaint, I thought, "This what MS Paint should have been like." No nostalgia here.

(I did not request a fancier graphics program because Paint worked for what I needed and, previously, I had worked at Amtrak, which has always been woefully underfunded, and I was used to getting by on a shoestring.)

onebuck · 07-27-2017, 02:24 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <General> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

frankbell · 07-27-2017, 08:22 PM

According to this story at SeattlePI, Paint is not being deprecated, but will no longer be part of the Windows base install.

It will be available from the Windows store, from which heaven deliver me.

Trihexagonal · 07-28-2017, 06:30 AM

Long live The GIMP.

Mill J · 07-28-2017, 10:02 AM

Paint sucks, you'd think being a default program in a major OS it would be polished a little more.... Yes I'm a Gimp user

cynwulf · 07-28-2017, 10:26 AM

mspaint is a basic "pixel" editor, not a graphics package. It actually fills a useful role in that you can quickly convert between gif, jpeg, windows bitmap, tiff, png formats, etc without having to install additional software. Removing it from the windows base system and offering it as an "app" seems absurd. Irfanview (proprietary but free for non commercial use) can achieve far more and is simple and lightweight.

un1x · 07-28-2017, 10:41 AM

m$paint is a nice software !

Hungry ghost · 07-28-2017, 12:14 PM

How will people take screenshots now?!

(Just kidding, newer Windows versions have an app for this).

Xeratul · 07-28-2017, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by un1x

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...diting-program

good. gimp and photoshop paint .net is much better

xpaint is tooo dead. see ubuntu . thank you !!

Xeratul · 07-28-2017, 02:02 PM

xpaint is dead here too. who cares?

max up to saucy:
https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/saucy/xpaint/

un1x · 07-28-2017, 05:27 PM

^
xpaint is alive n kickin :

Code:

~# apt install xpaint
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libxaw3dxft6
Suggested packages:
  gv netpbm lpr imagemagick ocrad
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libxaw3dxft6 xpaint
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
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Xeratul · 07-28-2017, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by un1x

^
xpaint is alive n kickin :

Code:

~# apt install xpaint
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libxaw3dxft6
Suggested packages:
  gv netpbm lpr imagemagick ocrad
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libxaw3dxft6 xpaint
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
Need to get 647 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2129 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Superbe !!

Debian??

un1x · 07-28-2017, 05:59 PM

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