Hi, it's possible to replace almost all GNOME software by software that is more or less identically.
For example gedit can easily be replaced by pluma or even better by xed. However, replacing GIMP is not that straightforward as replacing an editor. When the user interface of GIMP became more and more annoying and its JPG export became freakish, I replaced GIMP by Krita a long time ago. In the beging using Krita was frustrating, but on the long run this step has proven its worth. Related to the mailing list issue, there isn't really a good user mailing list for Krita, but at least there is one. The list is https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kimageshop . IMO it's important to fight back when leading projects don't care about the user base anymore. Dropping the mailing list after a Vogon-ish announcement is not the first thing the GNOME project does to harms the FLOSS community. Btw. the Evolution user community tested using Discourse GNOME as a mailing list replacement, see https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2022-October/thread.html . It's disgusting, Discourse GNOME is completely unsuitable as a mailman replacement. Unfortunately Evolution can't be replaced. I tested almost all FLOSS MUAs. The alternative to replacing apps such as Gimp and Evolution by other apps, are mailing lists run by the user base. However non-official mailing lists competing with official support channels are a PITA. Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list