One thing that is still missing on Linux (or to be more precise on GNOME) is a easy to use and modern image editor. The GIMP rocks, but it fails in terms of simplicity. Many people need a simple to use image editor. They don’t need fancy masks, layers and hundreds of brushes. They need basic tools, nothing else. They want to mark screenshots with hand painted arrows, they want to mark Auntie Lucy on a picture of Grandma’s Birthday etc. with a little bit of text. You don’t need The GIMP for this…
On Windows a lot of people use Microsoft Paint for those tasks. Yes the program is pretty crappy and misses a lot of useful functions. But Paint fulfilles the need of basic image editing and many people don’t need much more. So I make the assertion: Linux needs a (better) MS Paint as preinstalled image editor! Hopefully my wish comes true, especially since there’s a young project called Nathive which tries to create an GTK-based easy to use but powerful image editor…
