On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 11:13 AM Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mi, 26 mai 21, 05:08:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > > > > I am planning to open a user group, with forums, place to share picture > > and tips, video chat server (Jitsi or something alike) and more. > > > > So this is a call to anyone interested. > > > > I am not limiting to photograph using Debian but caring for people using > > opensource software at large, with preferred operating system of Linux. > > What is the state of photo editing software available on Linux? > > My (admittedly dated) information is that while GIMP is "ok-ish", one > still needs Adobe Photoshop (and/or Lightroom?) for anything "serious" > (whatever that means). > > Of the three persons I know that are serious about photography two are > using Windows and the other macOS. > > The two Windows users are technically inclined power users and have used > Linux (or still do) for other purposes. As far as I know they didn't > find it very useful for photography. > Hi Andrei, Thanks for posting this tantalizing information. Have your two Windows friends ever mentioned any specific task that was too slow or too clumsy or otherwise too unsuitable for linux and/or gnu? I'm very very ignorant of the field, but it seems like it would be useful to collect a list of photography-software tasks that are currently easy or possible in windows (or mac), and not easy or not possible in linux and/or gnu. These would form something like "open problems for gnu/linux photography", and an incomplete or even very sparse list could help us get a sense of progress if any items could be ticked off. dan > > (the macOS user is generally quite happy with it and the Apple ecosystem > in general, and is unlikely to even consider changing) > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser >
