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Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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You can use a nitter instance: https://x.n0g.xyz/ChrisCroy/status/2094867317163540937

Using a domain that resembles a racial slur isn't a good look.

I don't frequently downvote but you deserve one. I cannot see the racial slur, other posters cannot either; you know the story about the boy who cried wolf, you're doing exactly as that boy and therefore you are unhelpful your cause!

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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People say X is toxic, but Bluesky really is on another level

I'd say overall bluesky is better but boy howdy is it differently stupid sometimes.

To riff of an old political joke: X is for the evil party, bluesky is for the stupid party.

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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I didn't quite want to say it myself since I've been so negative sometimes lately. But it was something I noticed and picking a random profile to view was pretty stomach turning. But I get there is backlash. Not everyone lives in the bubble HN does. Not even everyone here is accepting of AI. I don't even know where I stand many times. But something feels off about this response. It's certainly looking brigaded. On my…

Paint.NET is (partially) art software. The art community has a negative view of AI. Therefore announcements of AI use in Paint.NET get a negative reaction, more so than something like AI startup #491000

I see your point, but I always got the impression that Paint.NET was a barebones image/photo editor for power users. Typically something full featured like Photoshop, Krita, or Illustrator would be more in the art software camp, IMHO.

A basic AM/FM radio does receive radio, but you wouldn’t lump it in with a Yaesu or even a Baofeng.

I’m just surprised to see so many strong opinions from people who probably don’t even use the software (although they pretend they do).

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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I didn't realize Paint.net was closed-source now. What's the best alternative, Pinta?

Pinta is obviously not as capable, but yeah, it's by far the most usable general-purpose photo editor on Linux that I've found.

It says something that an old paint.net derivative is still the best general purpose image editor out there. (I consider GIMP harder and slower to use.)

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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> Wonder if it can be built for modern Linux I think the question nowadays would be "What's the least amount of tokens I could use for making this build on modern Linux?", with any amount of tokens, there isn't much you couldn't do with enough time.

No, the question is "Wonder if it can be built for modern Linux" not "Wonder how much slop I can generate".

> No, the question is "Wonder if it can be built for modern Linux"

But of course it can, anything is doable with enough time and resources.

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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I know nothing about writing an image editor or graphics programming but maybe someone here can fill me in - would it be more or less difficult ("would it take more or less tokens" is probably the right question to ask these days) to replace the Windows-specific APIs with cross-platform alternatives (I guess Skia instead of Direct2D and something like Avalonia or Uno instead of Win32-based UI?) instead of re-implemen…

Seems that it is doable:

https://github.com/PixiEditor/PixiEditor

However, I think without having the burden of legacy code and APIs it is a bit easier to accomplish. Probably paint.net has been targeting Windows platforms from the beginning and making it "Linux compatible" has not been a big effort but more a side effect of fixing some stuff and wine generally being awesome.

I personally would love to see commercial editors like Affinity Studio targeting Linux. While solutions like Krita and Gimp are great, it did not really click for me. I'm using Gimp, but somehow I often find myself seeking for how to do easy tasks that should be more intuitive.

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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post #37

I didn't realize Paint.net was closed-source now. What's the best alternative, Pinta?

If open source matters more than anything else, there's always GIMP.

If you just want to use the thing, not recompile it, paint.net is still free, even for commercial work, and (in my opinion) has better UX.

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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This feels like a distinction without a difference. Would you say a Python script/Java utility doesn't "run on Linux" because you need Python/Java installed?

Programs running under wine don't have the same level of system/desktop integration as native programs, it's a very important distinction.

You still haven't explained how this is different from Python or Java applications.

Re: Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux

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post #79

I know nothing about writing an image editor or graphics programming but maybe someone here can fill me in - would it be more or less difficult ("would it take more or less tokens" is probably the right question to ask these days) to replace the Windows-specific APIs with cross-platform alternatives (I guess Skia instead of Direct2D and something like Avalonia or Uno instead of Win32-based UI?) instead of re-implemen…

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