I didn’t think it would ever release..been waiting like 10 years on it.
Do you suppose there will ever be a 4.0? Will any of us live to see it ? 
2.0 release was 2004..I guess I’ve been waiting 21 years?
GIMP 3.0.0 was tagged in Git with a message of:
“GIMP 3.0.0 is released! \o/”
It is in testing repo now.
extra-testing/gimp 3.0.0-1 [installed: 2.10.38-5]
GNU Image Manipulation Program
When I was testing Fedora 41 some weeks ago, GIMP 3 RC was in theire Repo already.
cheers!!!
Excellent!
As someone who uses Krita and GIMP for my wallpaper creations, I can’t wait! I’m running yay about once every half hour! 
If you wanna get your feet wet, get the AppImage from the link below.
I ran the RC a while back and really liked it. I can wait a bit longer for it to move from Extra-Testing to Extra.
❯ yay
:: Synchronizing package databases...
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Searching databases for updates...
:: 2 packages to upgrade/install.
2 extra/gegl 0.4.54-1 -> 0.4.56-1
1 extra/gimp 2.10.38-5 -> 3.0.0-1
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
-> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==>
Sync Dependency (1): gegl-0.4.56-1
Sync Explicit (1): gimp-3.0.0-1
:: Synchronizing package databases...
endeavouros is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (3) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size
extra/appstream-glib 0.8.3-2 3.68 MiB 0.51 MiB
extra/gegl 0.4.54-1 0.4.56-1 -0.01 MiB 4.04 MiB
extra/gimp 2.10.38-5 3.0.0-1 46.63 MiB 21.99 MiB
Total Download Size: 26.54 MiB
Total Installed Size: 169.10 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 50.29 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
appstream-glib-0.8.3-2-x86_64 525.5 KiB 1311 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------] 100%
gegl-0.4.56-1-x86_64 4.0 MiB 7.51 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
gimp-3.0.0-1-x86_64 22.0 MiB 30.7 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
Total (3/3) 26.5 MiB 34.7 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking keys in keyring [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking package integrity [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) loading package files [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking for file conflicts [------------------------------------] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/3) upgrading gegl [------------------------------------] 100%
(2/3) installing appstream-glib [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) upgrading gimp [------------------------------------] 100%
New optional dependencies for gimp
cfitsio: for FITS support [installed]
gjs: for JavaScript scripting support
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/4) Updating icon theme caches...
(3/4) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(4/4) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
❯
Nice no more 
Ok, I got it too. Happy Gimping!
Good to see it finally come out. . . .I got tired of ‘Adobe’ Photoshop clowns using Windows saying it was the ‘best’ money can buy. At least there is something now comparable. . . .
Rich 
Just got Gimp 3.0
Edit: I just wish I knew how to use it like @UncleSpellbinder
You know…quite some years back, I could work well in it. Then I didn’t use it for years, and now I know nothing.
But I’m sure you and I could learn it again, hey I did it once. But use it or lose it, does have some relevance apparently.
This is like linux … you forget stuff if you aren’t using it daily.
So it came before GTA VI and COSMIC Desktop. I was already losing hope…
been using the RC’s for a bit (at least 2023), so glad it’s finally official
I’ve been using GIMP 3 since yesterday and the non-destructive editing is so good, and combining that with all the additions and improvements makes it amazing. It does feel that GIMP loads things a bit slower now though
