GIMP on ASUS EEE PC Linux

[veryconfused]

Hello! I desperately need help. I am non-tech, and do not have the vaguest idea how to install software. I want to install GIMP so I can just make the very simplest changes to photos (brightness, sharpness, cropping). I know GIMP will work on Linux, but when I go to their site, I am so intimidated by 'configurations,' codes, etc. that I don't know what to do.

Can someone please walk me through this? Please answer me at: marmottes6@hotmail.com

I am, as is my screen name, very confused.

Thank you.

[L4Linux]

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal. Then type

sudo bash

to become root.
I am not sure if Gimp is available on EEEPC repositories, so try the following and post back if it doesn't work. The first 2 commands are used to update your EEEPC.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install gimp

Or

synaptic

Synaptic is a graphical front-end for apt-get. Search for gimp there, mark it for installation and click apply.

[Jollie_kitten]

Yep, that should work I have GIMP on my EEE PC (with their customly designed version of Xandros) and it works just fine