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That's poor reasoning for multiple reasons: - Krita also crashed on me when Ubuntu 18.04 was recent. - Most Krita crashes are on startup , before I do anything. - GIMP never crashes on me with heavy usage. In fact, few graphics manipulation apps crash on me. - Finally, like I said, Krita crashes often on the latest macOS. I think the "blame" is entirely on Krita. That said, I'm patient and understand software has bug…
you should try it with flatpak on a distro that old. Old distros are fine for servers but I would never use something that old as a desktop.
Why? Krita never worked right, even in macOS latest or in Ubuntu 18.04 when it was new.
My Ubuntu 18.04 is extremely stable, nothing else crashes (not regularly anyway, there's no OS in the world where apps won't occassionally crash). And I game with Steam on it and use it for mostly everything, and it's an extremely stable, pleasant environment.
Finally, there's a complete logical disconnect here: OSes don't magically become unstable as they age. That's magical thinking. If anything, newer, less proven versions are more likely to be unstable.
And finally finally, other people in this thread are complaining about Krita's instability, so I'm not an outlier.
Please, address what I actually wrote. Thanks.