How to install GIMP for Linux

These are the commands to install GIMP on various Linux flavour from the distribution package.

Ubuntu/Debian

apt-get install gimp

openSUSE

yast -i gimp

Fedora

yum install gimp

Mandriva

urpmi gimp

How to install IDLE in Linux

IDLE is the default editor for Python. However, despite the fact that Python is installed by default in most Linux system, the user should install IDLE manually. These are the commands for installing IDLE.

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install idle

Fedora/Red Hat

yum install python-tools