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7 Common Linux Myths You Should Stop Believing
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One Common Linux Myth You Should Stop Believing: there's a FOSS alternative to every single proprietary software out there that can be used as a replacement in all and every use case.
I mean a lot of them are ok but it depends on what you are doing. Gimp can make memes but if you learned Adobe you are going to struggle.
I think half of it is people doing want to learn something new and half of it is that the tools are behind
More like: GIMP can do much of what PS can do, but you'll tear out your hair trying to, cause it's so unintuitive and slower.