If you're downloading GIMP from SourceForge, you're getting a version filled with junkware, one that GIMP's developers don't want you to use. They then put GIMP downloads back up on SourceForge, wrapped in SourceForge's own junkware-filled installer. Considering the old GIMP account on SourceForge "abandoned," they took control over it, locking out the original maintainer. In response, the GIMP project abandoned SourceForge and began hosting their downloads elsewhere. SourceForge then rolled out its own Windows installer filled with junkware, and that was the straw that broke the camel's back. SourceForge was full of misleading advertisements masquerading as "Download" buttons - something that's a problem all over the web. In 2013, GIMP's developers pulled the GIMP Windows downloads from SourceForge. GIMP is a popular open-source image editor - it's basically the open-source community's answer to Photoshop. Related: Why We Hate Recommending Software Downloads To Our Readers
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