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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by fodkodrasz on Friday March 28, 2025 @02:34AM (#43502196)
Paint.Net on Windows. Though on Windows there is Paint, that is less capable, but still no equivalent is on MacOS OOTB. (Also the drama around Paint is worth its own bashing).

I'd be interested in a similar basic tool as paint for mac and Linux (and possibly also for windows, if MS crappifies Paint, after it has tried to kill it earlier)

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by UncleSlacky on Friday March 28, 2025 @04:25AM (#43502870)
Pinta (essentially a reimplementation of Paint.NET) exists for MacOS as well as Linux and Windows: https://www.pinta-project.com/releases/
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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by theothertimcook on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:51AM (#43504211)
There are some subtle quirks where pinta just doesn’t play ball in a way that is intuitive to a PDN aficionado.

Photopea is very close but i keep coming back to PDN either VM or RDP

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by tracker1 on Friday March 28, 2025 @04:06PM (#43509398)
I want to like Pinta, but some of the load/save behaviors are just weird... not sure if I last tried the Flatpak version or not, but I've tried it on both Mac and Linux a few times... It's my go to for quick edits, but far from a fav.
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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by fodkodrasz on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @12:02PM (#43558177)
I tried Pinta, and honestly it has so many subtle differences from PDN, it was really uncomfortable and unproductive for me. I could not get to like it, but will give it some more time.

Also the icons are terrible (at least on the mac), I find it really hard to identify a tool, these monochrome icons set me off and slowed me down since Visual Studio 2012. This fad is a really good example for design trends ruining productivity.

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