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While I agree with all of these 100%, I'm a UI/UX designer, so Adobe continues to hold me hostage to my Apple and MS boxes. Some of the Linux alternatives are

While I agree with all of these 100%, I'm a UI/UX designer, so Adobe continues to hold me hostage to my Apple and MS boxes. Some of the Linux alternatives are good, but they still aren't as good as Adobe. I still do quite a bit of JS development and some app development on my older Linux rig, but I just wish at some point Adobe will pull their heads out and support Linux. I remember in several threads on the Adobe forums, the attitude towards Linux users was pretty offensive. Their argument was all the Linux users would want Adobe products to be free and open source and its not something they could do and still support all the Apple and MS people "who actually pay for their products". It pissed me off enough where I did give it a full go on Linux with Gimp Shop and some other alternative open source alternatives, but it just wasn't the same - which really bummed me out. EDIT: Forgot to mention that Adobe's Creative Cloud app is a total resource hog as well. Not to mention any of their programs you run will quickly eat up to a gig or more of your resources.

nickjj 6y ago
> It pissed me off enough where I did give it a full go on Linux with Gimp Shop and some other alternative open source alternatives, but it just wasn't the same - which really bummed me out. Is Gimp Shop still a thing? Wikipedia says the stable release is from 2006. Going to https://www.gimpshop.com/ https://www.gimpshop.com/ leads you to the official gimp site when you try to download it. It kind of looks like maybe it's a marketing site for gimp now? I was one of those people who moved from Photoshop to gimp and for the longest time I thought gimp was really bad but after customizing a few hotkeys and setting up some pre-made scripts and brushes it's pretty decent. At least for casually making YouTube thumbnails and things like that. Some design decisions still leave me baffled tho, like not having a default bind to merge a layer down or not being able to easily center things relative to objects in an intuitive and graphical way (ie. dragging something until it snaps in place while seeing some temporary guide lines overlay near where it's snapped and some basic pixel measurements near it).
- nsomaru 6y ago
  Quoting the author (Wikipedia): I originally created Gimpshop, but I'm not the jerk who owns that domain and added adware & spyware to the source. Sorry about that. I hate that this guy is out there making my fun little project into an abomination. …. I don't have a project site for it. I became discouraged after this whole ordeal and I let it slip away into obscurity. …. Gimpshop was a fun little 'prank' that got bigger than I ever expected. Sad what it has become, though.
modzu 6y ago
i was tethered to a windows box for photoshop and then i discovered Krita. it is such a joy! the UX is very thoughtful (unlike my experience with gimp which i could just never get used to). its also very powerful with GMIC (you get content aware fills and other things that used to set Adobe apart. not anymore!)
lionkor 6y ago
I only have linux machines, but jesus christ, gimp is a piece of work. Especially for people who appreciate good UX, its pure torture. That said, Krita is incredibly comfortable to use, Inkscape replaced Illustrator for anything I care about.

nickjj 6y ago

> It pissed me off enough where I did give it a full go on Linux with Gimp Shop and some other alternative open source alternatives, but it just wasn't the same - which really bummed me out. Is Gimp Shop still a thing? Wikipedia says the stable release is from 2006. Going to https://www.gimpshop.com/ https://www.gimpshop.com/ leads you to the official gimp site when you try to download it. It kind of looks like maybe it's a marketing site for gimp now? I was one of those people who moved from Photoshop to gimp and for the longest time I thought gimp was really bad but after customizing a few hotkeys and setting up some pre-made scripts and brushes it's pretty decent. At least for casually making YouTube thumbnails and things like that. Some design decisions still leave me baffled tho, like not having a default bind to merge a layer down or not being able to easily center things relative to objects in an intuitive and graphical way (ie. dragging something until it snaps in place while seeing some temporary guide lines overlay near where it's snapped and some basic pixel measurements near it).

nsomaru 6y ago
Quoting the author (Wikipedia): I originally created Gimpshop, but I'm not the jerk who owns that domain and added adware & spyware to the source. Sorry about that. I hate that this guy is out there making my fun little project into an abomination. …. I don't have a project site for it. I became discouraged after this whole ordeal and I let it slip away into obscurity. …. Gimpshop was a fun little 'prank' that got bigger than I ever expected. Sad what it has become, though.

modzu 6y ago

i was tethered to a windows box for photoshop and then i discovered Krita. it is such a joy! the UX is very thoughtful (unlike my experience with gimp which i could just never get used to). its also very powerful with GMIC (you get content aware fills and other things that used to set Adobe apart. not anymore!)

lionkor 6y ago

I only have linux machines, but jesus christ, gimp is a piece of work. Especially for people who appreciate good UX, its pure torture. That said, Krita is incredibly comfortable to use, Inkscape replaced Illustrator for anything I care about.