LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs

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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