From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno@decadence.org wrote:   
   > "Jonathan N. Little"  wrote in   
   > news:qvbgg9$cql$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   >>   
   >> My point was no such "specialized" software is needed to make a   
   >> meme. Any bitmamp editor that supports text will do.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   I think the thing here is that the gimp solution requires him to   
   > not only familiarize himself with the application enough to know how   
   > to do it quickly after his primary learning curve, but the whole   
   > manual thing to start with.  The online jobs are drag and drop type   
   > lazy apps.  Gimp is complicated for new users, and the paradigms used   
   > in the industry are not always already known, so the tools in gimp   
   > have unfamiliar monikers and unclear actions.  So the thing is labor   
   > intensive while learning how to make use of it.   
   >   
      
   That is why I said *any* bitmap editor will do. Agree gimp UI is a...,   
   okay I will refrain with my first thought and go with "less than ideal   
   interface".   
      
   There are drop-dead simple editors out there such as pinta   
    which is in the software   
   center that is no more complicated than MSPaint.   
      
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   Jonathan   
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