Al's Retro Geek Lab

A Brazilian YouTuber killed the Photoshop subscription. It's called PhotoGIMP. It takes GIMP, the free image editor, and makes it look and feel exactly like Photoshop. Same toolbar. Same panel layout. Same keyboard shortcuts. Your hands already know how to use it. Photoshop vs PhotoGIMP: - Price: $275.88 a year → $0 - Account: Adobe login required → No login, ever - Files: Saved to Adobe cloud → Saved on your computer - Updates: Forced when Adobe says → Only when you want - Works on: Windows and Mac → Windows, Mac, and Linux No Adobe account. No cloud upload. No AI trained on your photos. How small is the patch? Tiny. → Nine settings files. That's it. → Copy them into one folder. Done. → Open GIMP. It now looks like Photoshop. → Don't like it? Delete the folder. GIMP goes back to normal. Three steps to install. One command to uninstall. 8,751 stars. 272 forks. 30+ people from around the world helping translate it. One honest note: the license is GPL-3.0. Free for everything. Personal work, paid client work, your own edits. No "Pro" tier hiding behind it. Dionatan Simioni runs the biggest Linux YouTube channel in Brazil. He built this from Marau, a small town in Rio Grande do Sul. No VC. No team. No fundraise. This is what Photoshop should have been from the start. (Link in the comments)