quartz01 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Finally moving from M$ hell to Mandrake 10.0 100% but need to some applications before I do so… I haven’t used Mandrake yet, but is there a simple program that works similar the M$’s “Paint”, and also is there a free image editor anywhere to use with pictures that come from my digital camera and other images?? Thanks for the help, sorry if it was a noobish question but I am new to linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urza9814 Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Not sure about a simple paint-type program, but for image editing use The Gimp. It should come with mandrake...IMO it's more powerful than PSP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 The Gimp is great for editing pictures. Inkscape is a vector drawing program (similar to Freehand - kicks the crap out of paint) and there are plenty more. Use http://www.freshmeat.net/ to search for software ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 what is kpaint? or whatever....in kde? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 Lol i was sure that this was a joke for a minute there ;) As mentioned Kpaint is good if you want a simple paint program & The Gimp is great for all you photo manipulation needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 I love Gimp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 This is realy a wasted reply, but I agree with everyone else. For 'simple' stuff, kpaint is great, as a are the numerous other MS paint type apps out there. And IMNSHO, The GIMP is simply awsome. Far better than photo shop for many things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD602 Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 (edited) I'll make this simple: Linux has an answer to EVERY ONE OF YOUR NEEDS. In many cases, the Linux counterparts to M$ applications are better than the M$ applications. Most apps are KDE-aware or GNOME-aware, so you can even achieve a familiar, uniform "look" accross your desktop and your applications. Enjoy. It's worth the switch. I only use M$ XP for games . . . . it's good for games. ;-) -To see some of what's out there, go to: kde-apps.org -For eye-candy and some very cool/useful little utilites, go to: kde-look.org. Otherwise, ask around here. Some of my favourites, for KDE: -Office/Wordprocessing: OpenOffice, kOffice (I LOVE kWord - not as powerful as openoffice, but frame-based, simple, effective, and very attractive.) You get a complete suite of apps, from painting to presentations, in both OpenOffice and kOfffice. -Desktop Publishing: Scribus, Kugar is also an option (right?) -Graphics editing: GIMP (#1), Karbon, Kolourpaint (like mspaint) -E-mail/address/calendar: Kontact (similar to outlook) -Video/Music: XMMS (winamp, anyone?), TotemPlayer, Audacity -text processing/notes: Kate, kWrite, kIle . . . lots more. - Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox (the best browser out there.) Konqueror is also an option. There are also a number of COMMERCIAL apps available, such as Maya, and others - I don't remember any more off the top of my head. Alot of the movie Shrek 2, for example, was made with Linux, and Linux is playing quite a role in the 3D design industry. and lots more I don't know of or haven't mentionerd due to sheer laziness . . . . . . . . Edited August 25, 2004 by LTD602 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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