listen i'm not saying GIMP is useless but i am saying it's a misrepresentation to act like it's a perfectly acceptable 100% replacement for Photoshop and that its interface isn't totally fuckin busted. like sorry but i have been on Computer since 1994 and it is among the worst UIs i have ever seen
people are so smug about “just drop adobe” and that’s how you know they’re not doing real work with it, adobe is able to be so miserable to people because so much adobe software is literally irreplaceable right now
yeahhhh it's the same with the "just get linux" people 🫠 like okay i'm glad it works for you but it won't for me! what if we all fought for better standards/consumer rights!!!
To be fair, I *did* switch to Linux and I do an awful lot of stuff with it (music stuff via FL Studio, video editing via Davinci Resolve, Steam library pretty much just works, and I familiarized myself with Krita for my art as I would not touch GIMP with a ten foot pole)
much like GIMP it's not that Linux can't do anything it's just that it's still WAAAAAAY far away from being able to do everything lol. i use a die cutting machine to make stickers for my shop and hoo boy that is extremely not happening on Linux 🫠
Yeah I mean
I like Linux, I can *soft* recommend it in terms of "if you were already thinking about switching, go for it", but I can't really *hard* recommend it bc you gotta be ready to switch up big parts of your workflow & find weird workarounds for lack of third party software support.
I don’t recommend it to people unless they are already considering switching, and even then I just say “try it and see if it works for you”
The reality is Linux is great*
*if it fits your use-case and works with what you need it to.
It’s been absolutely getting better for more people, though
