{"id":50483,"date":"2026-01-25T14:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T14:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50483"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:40:44","slug":"gimp-3-0-8-released-with-faster-font-loading-new-apis-security-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/gimp-3-0-8-released-with-faster-font-loading-new-apis-security-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"GIMP 3.0.8 Released with Faster Font Loading, New APIs & Security Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GIMP, the popular GTK-based image editor, released version 3.0.8 last night.<\/p>\n

The new version of this free open-source image editor might be the final release in the 3.0 series. It primarily includes bug-fixes and performance improvements, while there are also some minor new features.<\/p>\n

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First, it noticeably speeds up the app start-up time<\/strong> for users with large number of fonts by backported the changes from GIMP 3.2 RC.<\/p>\n

It also backported the gimp_cairo_surface_get_buffer ()<\/code> API to retrieve a GEGL buffer from a Cairo surface, as well as gimp_config_set_xcf_version ()<\/code> and gimp_config_get_xcf_version ()<\/code> APIs to specify a particular XCF version for a configuration.<\/p>\n

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The release also includes some theme and UX improvements. More GUI elements now respect user’s icon size preferences. Dark mode now looks better by showing less bright texture. And, UI has been updated with more usable Spin Scale widget.<\/p>\n

For users who need to run GIMP in command line without display, there’s a new --no-interface<\/code> command option which may be useful for Linux running GIMP with Flatpak or AppImage package without a separate gimp-console-3.0<\/code> executable.<\/p>\n

And, the Flatpak package has been improved with safe guards to show the correct configuration directory, regardless of whether XDG_CONFIG_HOME is defined, which makes it much easier for flatpak users to install and use third party plug-ins.<\/p>\n

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new ‘–no-interface’ option<\/p><\/div>\n

For macOS, Image Graph is now available when running GIMP with --show-debug-menu<\/code> option. The app icon is now properly displayed in macOS 26 Tahoe. EPS and PS files can be opened again. And, configuration migrations from GIMP 2.10 to 3.0 has been greatly improved.<\/p>\n

Other changes include a new help manual<\/a> made by Jacob Boerema, as well as fixes for following issues:<\/p>\n