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submitted 10 months ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

From their Twitter:

FireAlpaca 12th anniversary in this November! Thank you for your continued support! We have released FireAlpaca for Linux […] FireAlpaca for Linux is available for free download from the official website. (System requirements: Ubuntu 23.04 or later, Fedora 36 or later, Debian 12 or later.) -Download FireAlpaca for Linux firealpaca.com/download/

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[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 5 points 10 months ago

It's main advantage, as far as I can tell, is having a much simpler interface. It's snapping tools are trivial to use and discover, but far less robust than Krita's assistant tool. It's easier to add brushes, but you have far less options in configuring them. I don't thinks there's anything that Firealpaca can do that's partially hard to do in Krita. Also, Firealpaca doesn't have a dark mode.

I'm not an experienced artist though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

[-] Spectacle8011@lemmy.comfysnug.space 3 points 10 months ago

Cheers. I use Krita myself, but I've heard people say "Krita is terrible; try FireAlpaca." I think that might be because it has performance issues on other operating systems; I'm not in a position to test. It's good to hear Krita is basically ahead on all fronts except learning curve. Nonetheless, it's nice to see a Linux version. FireAlpaca advertises a Dark Mode, but I'm guessing it's a paid-only feature.

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I have my krita interface set up like firealpaca lol. The only feature krita missing now is the comic panel slicer tool.

[-] ghosthand@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Interesting. Can you explain how it works, please?

[-] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You can drag around windows or "Dockers" as they call them just like Photoshop and arrange them however you like. When you happy with the arrangement you can save it as a preset.

edit: Here's the workspace file for it if you want.

[-] ghosthand@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago
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