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I want to have some white text on a transparent background so I can composite it into a different program with poor text support.
Whenever I try to do this with anti-aliasing on the text enabled, I get a green outline around the text for no apparent reason.
Please help and thanks in advance!

Information:
Using gimp 2.8.22
Font used in image is FreeSans, but the bug occurs with any font I use
Does not appear to happen if I use the brush tool
(It's difficult to see in the attached photo, but the area surrounding the text is transparent.)

Known problem... This is due to the library Gimp uses (libcairo) using sub-pixel rendering when it shouldn't do so. Two workarounds:

1. disable sub-pixel rendering at the system level (this is some option in your desktop settings, for KDE it is a sub-option of "Fonts>Font>Use Antialiasing". Whether you can live without it is up to you
   
2. fix the problem when it appears (it is visible mostly for white text over a dark background), replace the text layer with:
   •  Layer>Text to path
     
   • Select>From path
     
   •  bucket fill the selection.
     

Now, Gimp was never meant to be a text processor. If you need goo text support, see Scribus... (or even some LibreOffice component (Impress/Draw))