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I also would not have come to Wilbur on my own. Gimp is a weird name, but at least it's pronouncable. Glimpse sounds great to me tbh. A nod to GIMP, but also a sensical name.
Call it GINP.... GINP Is Not Photoshop
This is the potentially most 'linux canon accurate' name possible, which amuses me greatly, but its also essentially the worst name possible for... normal human people that might use the software, lol.
I take this entire comment as a compliment lol
I am not clever enough to phrase this reply as an antagonistic acronym, but yes I did mean it as s compliment, hahaha!
Wlbr is a weird name but Wilbur would be fine.
Edit. Gimp mascot is apparently named Wilber
Lol Glimp