We are currently seeing a huge increase in people considering to install Linux because of the actions of both Microsoft and the autocratic U.S. government. Among these people are many who rely on creative software by Adobe or other companies, for which there is no comparable alternative with Linux support. If we can convince Affinity to provide Linux support for their programs (Designer, Photo, Publisher), a lot more people will likely ditch Windows, and a lot of people who are already using Linux will get easy access to powerful (one-time payment) creative software.
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People with your attitude are a significant reason why people decide against Linux. It’s doing Microsoft a service.
and people like me are why Linux has even gotten to where it’s at today.
Consumers don’t make software, developers do.
Developers don’t have to be so arrogant. In fact stuff like this pushes other developers away too.
Not to mention from what I’ve heard GIMP just doesn’t compare to the paid options for professional work.
Not true. There are tons of nice developers out there. And I for one wouldn’t want to work in a team where an attitude like yours is prevalent.
Remember, boys and girls, Steam bringing its monopoly to Linux is a victory, but wanting literally any other closed source software is “pathetic”.
Yet another reminder that the worst thing about Linux is its users.
If you ever used Affinity/Adobe products and GIMP on any capacity over just trying to crop an image, you’d never say something like this. GIMP, despite its 3.0 release, is still decades behind those other programs.
GIMP feels like it’s made by software engineers for software engineers, trying to play catch up with the other softwares available that were made with designers and artists in mind.
You know, downcasting and/or insulting people just because they don’t live up to your personal standards is a pretty shitty thing to do.
Also, guessing their standard is pretty low if Gimp does the job — at least from a professional standard. There’s not much of a comparison.
Gimp is a pile of garbage, please don’t recommend people use it.
It needs a full rewrite (preferably by others) for it to function like a modern digital image editor.
The name is just a nugget on the shitpile.