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What's something that feels illegal to know? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 72 points 2 years ago (15 children)

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

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    What does "free private" means?

    I'm puzzled.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years 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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