Diolinux/PhotoGIMP
A Patch for GIMP 3+ for Photoshop Users
Recommended between 2026-07-13 and 2026-09-16. Last pushed 2026-10-25.
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“GIMP (with optionally, the PhotoGIMP[2] mod), Krita and Photopea can already satisfy most needs.”
— d3Xt3r, 2026-09-16 · original comment on Hacker News ↗
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… install it on Linux if none of the alternatives suit them. As for Photoshop, it's a similar situation to the above. Vast majority of the users don't even use all the fancy features of Photoshop, so GIMP (with optionally, the PhotoGIMP[2] mod), Krita and Photopea can already satisfy most needs. Advanced users can use alternatives like Affinity, which actually works really well under Linux[3]. Also keep in mind that Affinity is also becoming an increasingly de-facto option for even people on other platforms, as people are fed up with Adobe's shenanigans and are leaving in droves. Finally, if for some reason you still really need Photoshop, you can either run the classic versions just fine un…
“Just use https://github.com/Diolinux/Photogimp in this case”
— nextaccountic, 2026-07-13 · original comment on Hacker News ↗
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