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GIMP is the classic example of why free software can't compete for end users.

Then Krita[0] is a classic counterexample: A free software digital painting tool with lots of functionality that provides a superior UX to Adobe products.

[0]: https://krita.org/en/

My daughter uses Krita with a drawing tablet. She's not very experienced but the software is good at making it easy for her to at least do all the basics. I was pleasantly surprised when I found Krita after buying her drawing tablet.

> a superior UX to Adobe

I have a couple of years of experience working with that, and I strongly disagree.

It’s also quite buggy. I’ve hit crashes several times while working with large drawings.

There are better examples of desktop OSS that beat proprietary ones: Blender, vlc, ffmpeg+Handbrake, Firefox, 7zip.

> It’s also quite buggy. I’ve hit crashes several times while working with large drawings.

Hmmm, I am sure this happens to Adobe products too– is Krita worse?

IMO, GIMP has a much better user experience as it does not forbid you to edit some pictures because of random criteria [0].

[0] https://hyperallergic.com/195922/what-happens-when-you-try-t...

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