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[–] wander1236 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Serif's Affinity suite isn't free, but the UI is much more approachable than GIMP's. The maintainers also aren't being weirdly defensive about a name that's a pun of a slur or sex thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Affinity is hella cheap, all things considered. And once you authenticate your installed software, you never have to be online again to use it.

It's so nice, I'm definitely gonna buy it some day, unless GIMP and Scribus somehow manage to impress me until then. Inkscape is already great, but those two...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I only wish it had a Linux port

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I'd be fine as long as it runs in Wine, honestly