>> [Stuff about GIMP ...]
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> Did you kept in mind that gimp needs motif and nearly noone has this ?
> At least v0.54 needed motif to compile.

No, it no longer needs Motif. GNU have built their own toolkit into
GIMP, called gtk. It can also be used separately. Somebody has written
a web browser that uses it. See the GIMP page -
http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~gimp/

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Adrian