[canistel]

I still remember that day when a South African colleague, who was a known Linux fan-boy, was enthusing about Linux (and also belittling Windows in the process as is customary) attempting to get us to try the OS. He even used to use Emacs for Java programming.

I had asked him then: "What about software such as Adobe Photoshop? How do I use that in Linux?"

He had said "We have GIMP! And it is free too..."

I had thought, "GIMP? What sort of name is that?". I had imagined GIMP to be a shoddily put-together Photoshop clone with a clunky interface. An amateurish, buggy imposter.

And here I am now, roughly 19 years later, typing this in Xubuntu. I plan almost every aspect of my life through Emacs Org-Mode.

And I haven't gone near a pirated copy of Photoshop for years.

[eloeffler]

> And I haven't gone near a pirated copy of Photoshop for years.

Is that even possible these days for a current version? Or does it need constant license validation?