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[-] Lemmylemmylemmy@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

There are free private, and generally better-working versions of almost every software program. Including, operating systems, social media, email, telephone, etc

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Blender 3D, Krita, and Gimp have been the pillars of my creative life. And since last year November I've been running Linux.

[-] gilokee@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

yeah but gimp is kind of... not great. I'm not sure how I managed to use it as a teenager 20 years ago lol.

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's useful if you want to make a quick image edit. But otherwise... Yeah.

[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Only if you already know how to use all its features and how to deal with all its quirks. Let me tell you trying to use it without having ever used it before it's not easy

[-] wildcardology@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using Photoshop for years that's why I can't get into gimp I keep trying to use PS shortcuts. It's the same with Da Vinci resolve, it's a great video editing software but I can't shake the premiere mindset.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’m not sure how I managed to use it as a teenager 20 years ago lol.

Probably because the interface was a lot more intuitive back then. I've taught myself Inkscape, but the latest versions of GIMP utterly defies me.

[-] Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

How is blender running on Linux for you? I'm keen to swap over & use blender all the time

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Perfectly. It runs perfectly. Blender is pretty much at home on Linux, and rendering with cycles is a little faster than on Windows.

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago

this doesn't feel very illegal

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

In a software ecosystem where almost every program or site you interact with expects some form of steady cash flow in a combination of subscription paywalls, pervasive surveillance, and intrusive ubiquitous ads then I think it does.

[-] invisible_cunt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

What does "free private" means?

I'm puzzled.

[-] Daxtron2@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

I think it's a missed comma. ' free, private'

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago

It comes with complimentary dicks.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

privacy-respecting

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago

generally better-working

Generally? I know there's a lot of FOSS fanboys here and I am a FOSS fan myself, but let's not be fanatic and kid ourselves - I wouldn't say FOSS software is "generally" better working. There are perhaps a few cases where the FOSS version is better, but that's more the exception than the rule.

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