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For how relatively well known it is (it's probably like the next most well known piece of FOSS after Linux and Blender) I can't believe how bad a piece of software GIMP is.
I hope you mean the UX. I think attacking it's functionality would be unfair. It does everything good and right .... technically.
If the UX is objectively bad or "just" subjectively might be hard to find out. I would assume if there are objective UX mistakes, some contributor might have been able to deal with that by now. But of course it doesn't change anything if a majority doesn't like it for subjectice reasons. It's part of UX design to deal with subjective aspects.
Not having adjustment layers is a pretty big deal
as a doofus gimp user, what's an adjustment layer?
Not a professional either, but I was also curious and learned:
It's a layer of which the properties/filters apply to all layers below. So you can basically try around and manipulate the visible image without having to combine the layers first.
It's a way to for apply effects in a non-destructive way