Linux has made significant strides, and in 2023, it’s better than ever. However, there are still individuals perpetuating a delusion: that desktop Linux is as user-friendly and productive as its mainstream counterparts. After a few discussions on Lemmy, I believe it’s important to provide a clear review of where Linux falls short as a daily driver for average users.
EDIT: can I just make it clear I don't agree with this article one bit and think it's an unhinged polemic?
Absolutely. GIMP needs to reshape itself more in to Reaper's image. Reaper has slowly expanded its reach among freelancers in particular as a powerful DAW because of their "pay when you're committed" model. They're actually a (albeit minor) competitor to Adobe Audition. I feel comfortable recommending it to professionals.
That's kind of hard to do when your software is open source and distributed on every Linux distro's repos. Someone will fork it as soon as this happens and at the same time FOSS enthusiasts will not be happy with it, and GIMP will lose most (if not all) of it's donations.
That’s a good point. I wish they could do what reaper does, because I think it’s a fantastic model. But it would be a bad luck in the FOSS world, which is basically why they exist in the first place. Fair but unfortunate point lol