I'm glad that the transition to GEGL is complete and the benefits that come along with it. High bit depth color (32-bit channels) is a nice improvement too.<p>I've used GIMP for a long time, and find it more intuitive than either PhotoShop or competitors like Affinity Photo. I'm glad to see it making strides in features and quality.
HiDPI support is super exciting. I've been squinting at GIMP on a 15" 4k laptop for a while now, and it's almost unusable (I started switching to 1080p whenever I really needed to use GIMP, or used some other software for simple edits like cropping and rotating and such).