I’ve used Photoshop professionally for 20 years and GIMP for about 3 and, to be fair, both of their default interfaces have have their pros and cons. After spending the 2/3 hours it takes to become proficient in one after being used to the other, the comparison mostly comes down to other things e.g availability of tools, raw performance, enshittification etc.

Don’t get me wrong, there are some things that annoy me about GIMP (like any software), but I’ll be recommending versions 3.0 onwards over Photoshop every time. Adjusting to the interface is easily worth it.

I think a bit part of it is that it’s simply become harder to live with ADHD and for it to stay under the radar in your life. Rare is the person who can survive in the modern world purely on their wits. It demands that you persevere at jobs, careers and relationships over long timespans, and against an onslaught of things which have been relentlessly developed and refined over generations with the express purpose of hijacking your dopamine system and interfering with your free will.

I’m running a couple of smaller chat models on my mid-range new-ish laptop and they’re fairly quick. Try out Jan with something like their jan-nano model on whatever you’ve already got and get a feel for what you can do.

This extremely cool.

You can share screen and camera on Jitsi Meet, which is a video-conferencing app. Not sure if there is any recording function built-in but you could just record everything with OBS.

Guix has a cool logo IMO.

I love being on Debian, everything just working and not living in fear of updates. And any software that I must have the latest version of I just install via flatpak, appimage, distrobox etc.

Check out the YUNOhost repos. If everything you need is there (or equivalents thereof), you could start using that. After running the installation script you can do everything graphically via a web UI. Mine runs for months at a time with no intervention whatsoever. To be on the safe side I make a backup before I update or make any changes, and if there is a problem just restore with a couple of clicks via my hosting control panel.

I got into it because it’s designed for noobs but I think it would be great for anyone who just want to relax. Highly recommend.

I’ve been wondering if something like this existed! It seems like a cross between Cherrytree and Minder, both of which are very cool.

Might that bill be of the big beautiful variety?

Yes, when it suits him to be.

I use the Thunderbird email client to set up filters which send email to set folders.

Yeah, I didn’t want to influence the poll too much with my own stuff but was reflecting on it alone and that is definitely in my top 5 and probably top 3. It’s an abiding one too.

I don’t have any app suggestions for you but have been reading through the comments and just wanted to say that I’m 100% with you.

I have a similar conversation with other musicians I know and it’s the reason that I (and many others) won’t release anything on Spotify: Just being there adds value to them and what they do is destructive and dirty.

I hope you find something and keep standing up for what’s right!