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What would it take for you to switch to Linux? (piefed.social)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (8 children)

For various reasons, my family is tied to a small number of programs that don't have 1:1 equivalents on Linux. So far nobody is willing to deal with the inconvenience of switching to alternatives. I'm trying my best to convert them, though.

If GIMP and Inkscape looked and felt closer to Photoshop and Illustrator, that would help greatly. Also, if I could find a good alternative to InDesign that wasn't tied to a cloud service or a subscription license.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Funny, I could never afford photoshop so I find GIMP much easier to get around in 😆. There used to be a GIMP plugin that changed everything to be like Photoshop, not sure if it still exists. But GIMP doesn't have feature parity with Photoshop, one of these days we'll be able to draw shapes.

    Is InDesign not already a subscription service?

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    There used to be a GIMP plugin that changed everything to be like Photoshop, not sure if it still exists.

    PhotoGIMP, and yeah it's still around.

    Personally I tend to just use Krita for most photo-shoppy things since I find the interface nicer to use, but I have to admit gimp has been making some solid improvements lately.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    InDesign is on subscription licenses like the rest of Adobe's products, unfortunately.

    My wife does book layouts and miscellaneous graphic design work, and she's been using Adobe tools for so long it's like muscle memory. Using anything else that's slightly different is akin to someone rearrange your kitchen while you are away. The tools you need are still there, but now you have to go hunting for every little thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    You mentioned not being able to find a good alternative not tied to a subscription. Seems like if you find a good alternative tied to a subscription she could use it!

    But yes I understand that change is hard. I spent years working in Excel, hate the thing, but it's so very hard to change to LibreOffice Calc.

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