10 mo. ago

Linux reaches new high 3.82%

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If adobe would be willing to port its creative suite to linux that number would increment faster
- We have Gimp and kdenlive. What else could you possibly need.
  
  Edit: Just to clarify this was only a half serious comment
  
  Well, i got some feedback, most creative people don't find gimp good, they won't switch.
  
  Well dunno if it's because gimp lacks good tool that ease up their workflow or because we teached them adobe suite.
  
  During my art course it was : adobe suite and autocad with 3d max.
  
  But i knew blender, gimp and scribus way before entering art school because i disagree with adobe's licensing system and found it very expensive.
  
  Imho, the current best creative software on linux is Blender. There is also Darktable and Rawtepee for light, contrast.
  
  For inkscape, krita, i can't compare, i never used adobe illustrator, nor corel drawer.
  
  Scribus is good, almost perfect but it lacks a very important feature that i can't replicate. Adobe Indesign is far more easier because of the guideline that tell ya this item is correctly aligned and has the same size.
  
  Kdenlive, well featured but i find adding video effect easier on adobe premiere pro. And kdenlive had a lot stability issue, i lost my work several time and that's how i learned to setup automated save.
  
  Autocad easily outmatched freecad, there were a huge difference in functionnalities. I don't know if it has changed since 10 years. It probably improved a lot.
  
  I apologize for my english grammar.
  
  I know this is probably tongue-in-cheek, but if you wanted the serious answer:
  
  GIMP:
  
  Non-destructive Editing (it's coming real soon!)
  
  Vector shapes, not bitmap
  
  Smart objects
  
  Full CMYK support
  
  Full PSD support (for collaboration purposes), hahaha
  
  KILL ALL FLOATING SELECTIONS
  
  Kdenlive:
  
  Well, I actually do use Kdenlive. I'm fine with Lightworks too, and Resolve on macOS. But it's lacking finer color grading controls, the interface is inefficient (being fixed in a future release), hardware-based decoding/encoding needs to either exist or be improved.
  
  And the other big reason is collaboration with other Adobe users.
- Personally I don't want people to switch to linux without caring about software freedom. I mean it might be nice to run adobe software in linux but I will not use it, and such softwares have same problems like "windows" which we are switching away from. They are proprietary programs from corporations which doesn't even satisfy freedom 0.
  
  I didn't care about software freedom very much until after I switched to Linux, so I'll keep recommending Linux to anyone willing to listen.
  
  Well yes. I agree reccomending linux to others. But if the only reason someone isn't switching linux is because some proprietary app doesnt support it, i don't see they will care about free software later on. Also not everyone are like you and me, and may use linux without caring about software freedom at all.(I have a friend who uses google chrome AND edge)
  
  I guess part of software freedom, for me, is that I don't care what other people choose to do, I just use and recommend Linux and other open source software wherever I can.
  
  Absolutely wild that you'd purity test people and recommend against them using Linux just because they wouldn't be using it for the reason you want them to...
  
  I am not against people using linux for some other reason but I don't want to promote linux just for people to use proprietary software. They could, but i am not interested in them and does feel useless if its not for software freedom. (That doesnt mean i am against people using them)
  
  Btw if you dont know, software freedom is not about using whatever software you need. Its about a software that gives you the four essential freedoms
  
  Linux is useless except for software freedom.
  
  Alright, I take it back. With a sales pitch this bad, it's maybe a good thing for you to hold back on the Linux evangelism.
  
  I started caring about foss software only after i switched to linux
  
  I mean If you have all thoose proprietary apps availiable in linux, you probably wouldnt be introduced to foss apps. You probably keep on using the proprietary software you used in windows

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