[K12OSN] Which Windows apps stand in the way of Linux use atyour school?

[Timothy Hart]

I am curious as to what features that you need that GIMP can not provide.
Not really playing devils advocate here, just curious. I know the lack of
CMYK is a pretty big one for me. But having used the GIMP for quite some
time now, it has replaced Photoshop for me in almost every way. Photoshop
does have quite a few very high end features that I rarely use, and students
almost never use. Please elaborate.

On 10/4/05, Henry Hartley <henryhartley at westat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:49 AM Petre Scheie said:
> >>
> >> I should have perhaps mentioned that GimpShop is the Gimp
> >> but with the user interface modified to look like PhotoShop
>
> I wasn't particularly impressed by GIMPShop. Yes, it addresses one or
> two of the user-interface issues of the GIMP but certainly not all.
> While it is theoretically possible to get into the source of GIMP and
> "fix" all these issues, I'm personally not up to it. Of course, with
> Photoshop, only Adobe can do it so I'm not saying I don't appreciate the
> open source model. Just that for me, getting into the source code is
> not going to be much help. Also, I suspect that some of the changes I'd
> like are going to be too deeply ingrained in how the software works. To
> really do it well, you might need to pretty much start over on some
> things. Now, if I thought I had the skills and I had nothing else to do
> (hah!) then I might give it a shot. But I don't and I don't.
>
> I'm a strong advocate for Open Source and I'd dearly love to replace
> Photoshop with something free and open. I am just not convinced that
> the GIMP will be that something. At least, not for a while.
>
> --
> Henry
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