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Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future

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Looking to switch to Linux in the somewhat distant future

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Linux@lemmy.ml · 11 months ago

Any distro I should use?

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Yes. Very yes. the G in GIMP stands for GNU. GIMP ran on Linux before it ran on Windows.
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  mega thanks!

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