GIMP 2.8

                     I used Photoshop for some months about ten years ago. Since then I have used the GIMP for all of my work, supplemented by UFRaw and Digikam and Phatch. I cannot understand why people almost always say "learning curve" when they speak of the GIMP.
Download GIMP 2.8.10 - you may also use FTP or try the torrent.
This installer package is known to run on:
Windows XP SP3 and XP x64 SP2
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2003 SP2 and 2003 R2
Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
It does not run on:
Anything that came before Windows XP
Windows RT

GIMP 2.8.10 is now available at ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/