Hi, On 2021-05-26 3:05 p.m., Dan Hitt wrote: > > > On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 11:13 AM Andrei POPESCU > <andreimpope...@gmail.com <mailto: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 > > This is a really useful thing you posted here.
> > > > > (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 > <http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser> > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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