figma is not free software, and neither is davinci resolve. use penpot and kdenlive.

Idk about the rest of the software on this list, but presenting gimp as an "alternative" to photoshop seems disingenuous to me.

Gimp is an alternative to photoshop in the same way that a 56K modem is an alternative to a 1 gig fiber line. Yes, they technically do the same job. But to suggest that your experience is going to be comparable to photoshop is a stretch.

Figma? No, I won't fall for that again!

Figma ballz

Gimp is apparently great if you start with it, but it is not a substitute for Photoshop.

Pretty sure neither Figma or Resolve are free software.

Surely there's something better than Gimp.

Figma is NOT free software. It is proprietary, and hosted.

Don't forget about FreeCad!

They had an update earlier this year that really closed the gap on a lot of features and tools they were missing compared to other more established cad packages.

Blender is an alternative to 3DS Max in the same way an actual car is an alternative to flintstoning a burnt out wreck. Even in college a lot of our very basic rendering exercises with Max got the whole grade just on demonstrating correct setup because the software is so prone to crashing or taking 20h to do what most alternatives (paid or free) can do in 20 minutes.

I use this site a lot

It tends to be pretty straightforward about what an alternative can and can't do. The tags work well for searching so you can exclude paid or freemium apps.

You couldn't pay me to use Gimp. The interface offends me.

Please... Let Gimp die already.. Krita is actually made by humans for humans

Important one:

Adobe acrobat: fork to the eyes. (Jokes aside, I'm using Stirling pdf viewer right now, it's nice)

I need a Lightroom alternative, on linux.
Edit: Looks like rawtherapee is a good one. Funky name though...

People who promote gimp likely never actually tried to use that piece of shit. Try Krita instead, holy fuck is it so much better as a useable piece of art software.