This Flatpak runs a 30-year old version of GIMP – pre-GTK

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This Flatpak runs a 30-year old version of GIMP – pre-GTK

Every wondered what famed FOSS image editor GIMP was like in 1996? Well, now you can find out. Developer balooii has packaged GIMP 0.54 into a Flatpak that runs on modern 64-bit Linux desktops with Wayland. It's apparently the earliest version of the app with the source code still available to build. This is not not an official GIMP effort, but a community effort. It's also something of a work-in-progress – of an ancient work-in-progress – with the maintainer promising they'll share more era-specific plugins and tutorials on using this ancient build in time. Before you skip to the install [...]

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Categories: News, GIMP, nostalgia
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/gimp-1996-flatpak Jun 29, 2026, 01:10 AM