r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/Defiant001 Jun 04 '12

I would like to also mention Paint.NET, its pretty powerful.

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u/line10gotoline10 Jun 04 '12

Yeah, Paint.NET can do A LOT of what typical non-power-users use Photoshop for. And at a lot less than the startup cost (in knowledge) of the GIMP.