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This is a great idea, but I think I would really emphasize the "or something" part of this, not the "Libre-Office" part. It needs to be something that's an upgrade or at least on par with what they were doing before experience wise (GIMP instead of Photoshop). I actively recommend against people I know taking on free software stuff that I use, if I know that it's a pain in the ass to get going with just to avoid a bad experience that turns them off to the idea.
I don't think Gimp is the upgrade you think it is. And I say this having used basically nothing else, but the interface is arcane. Unless you use it every day, you sort of have to have a browser open all the time to search for how to do things.
But I agree that the best path to migration is to do apps first, one at a time, then do a system migration. Minimizes friction and pain.
I appreciate you pointing this out. As someone who used actual photoshop for decades, GIMP simply doesn’t cut it.
There was Gimpshop, but the project got abandoned years ago. These days I use darktable for photo adjustments and don't do much creative editing. I've heard good things about Krita.
Look into PhotoGIMP.
Interesting, thanks!
There's even an unofficial AppImage of it now, which is nice because the one that deals with the Flatpak seems to break every time the Flatpak gets updated.
Sweet!