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[-] libra00@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

Welp, time to delete that shit and find replacements. Notepad++ is a solid upgrade over notepad, there must be something similar for paint that doesn't have a steep learning curve?

[-] Bezier@suppo.fi 35 points 1 month ago

PaintDotNet is what I used to use on windows. It was a great upgrade without being too complex.

[-] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 18 points 1 month ago

Haven't seen these two paint alternatives mentioned yet:

  1. Krita
  2. Inkscape
[-] SnotFlickerman 12 points 1 month ago

I think Inkscape is brought up less often because of its focus on vector graphics, which can be confusing to people new to it.

[-] trashboat@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah I’ve only used Inkscape a little bit but I would not categorize it as a program that can quickly be picked up

[-] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

Those are nice tools but they don't replace paint, they're way more complex.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I'm using pinta. When I type "paint" in my xfce search bar, it already brings it up automatically.

[-] SnotFlickerman 13 points 1 month ago

GIMP isn't that hard to use for basics.

[-] Quintus@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 month ago
[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

I never understood this one. What kind of course would you be doing that required very expensive paid software, but you didn't know ahead of time that said software was required. I think the imaginary OP is just an idiot.

[-] Quintus@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

I personally think that's the point. It just mocks the Linux Fanboys.

[-] demonsword@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

4chan greentext is mostly fanfic, always has been

[-] Bezier@suppo.fi 7 points 1 month ago

It reads to me more as joke than something that tries to sell itself as a true story

[-] sem 3 points 1 month ago

Lol this resonates with me as a disorganized person

[-] SnotFlickerman 10 points 1 month ago

This one always gets a chuckle out of me.

[-] Quintus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Glad I made you happy!

[-] libra00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Does that even run on windows without a bunch of hoop-jumping and some jank-ass chunky qt-style UI elements? I seriously haven't looked at GIMP in like 25 years.

[-] laurelraven 2 points 1 month ago

I've been using it off and on for over twenty years and it's never needed more than running the installer to get it working on Windows in that time...

[-] libra00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Fair enough, I haven't looked at it at all since I last used linux a couple decades ago, that's just been my experience with trying to use other linux-native software on windows.

[-] SnotFlickerman 1 points 1 month ago

Works fine every time I've used it in Windows, but I do mostly live in Linux now, so your mileage may vary.

[-] libra00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Huh. I barely used it when I was on linux, so.. shrug

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