Baldur Bjarnason on Nostr: GIMP‘s hostility to users actually being able to productively use it is legendary ...
GIMP‘s hostility to users actually being able to productively use it is legendary as is its disdain for people showing concern about its name. It’s genuinely poisoned the well for the adoption of OSS creativity software.
(I need to try out Krita, though, which looks much more solid.)
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