I almost like the idea of simplifying Gimp. I can't do anything with gimp without instructions. Of course I rarely do any graphics type stuff. If I did I'm sure I'd get used to gimp and be able to really exploit it's power.

Actually I think gimp should stay gimp - an advanced graphics application for advanced graphics designers. But it'd be nice if there was some sort of baby gimp for people like me who just want to make an occasional website logo or something like that. It'd be nice if the ui was designed so that there'd be a smooth transition from baby gimp to big gimp.

There is a gimp wrapper for those who want it... I think that's gimpshop... Something like that...

As for the mp3 player, have you tried xmms, this is very close to Winamp, but does not have all the fetures of the newer fersions of winamp. Secondly have you tried amarok? It is exerlent. It tendeds to stert looking for like musicmatch sort of layout, but you can have a little player just like winamp.

There is a thread for what people would like to see ported to linux, see
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5&goto=newpost

Thanks

Wow, GIMPshop looks very useful! That should be the default setup for GIMP: Something power-designers and casual designers can use alike.

AmaroK, the upcoming SongBird and others are iTunes-style: resource hogs. As for xmms, maybe I just haven't spent enough time configuring it to my designs.

was going to recommend gimpshop, but it seems someone already has.

Gimpshop was made for the photoshop converts... Original gimp users prefer the original gimp interface, luke...

That is why it is not the default...

It does seem that we have another ne linux users here who wants linux and it's apps to all be 'like it was in windows'...

It's NOT windows. Things are and will be different.

amosf, I don't think you understand me. I don't want Linux and its apps to all be "like it was in Windows." Earlier in this thread I have praised Linux precisely for being not-Windows: stable, secure, little malware, free software, totally customizable, etc. There are other things that are better with Windows, though. Not just different, but better. Most of these issues are market-driven, and certainly not the fault of Linux developers. For example, hardware support and big-name videogame availability.

And I can't prove to you that SDI is better than MDI for graphic design, but I think it's hard to make an argument that GIMP is better than Photoshop due to the latter's vastly greater feature set and plugin population. So I guess I'd either like Photoshop on Linux or for GIMP to catch up to Photoshop. (GIMP's current state is mighty impressive for free software, though, I must say!)

And don't forget, some of these programs can be run with wine. I do daily quickbooks work in linux using wine.

Out of curiosity, what distro are you currently using? From what you listed, I think the best distro for you would be Kubuntu.