Quote:Isn't Krita for drawing/sketching, and not at all for photo editing?
No, not only. It can actually read/write Photoshop files (.psd).
Quote:Linux is still by Linux nerds for Linux nerds, mostly, with still all the usability issues and interface quirks. Personally I do not see the attraction.
Linux is used by a large demographic of non-nerd professionnals: anything ranging from HPC, IT infrasctructure to embedded systems is pretty much dominated by Linux.
In fact, at the scale of the planet, more devices run the Linux kernel than any other operating system in existence (all flavor of Microsoft Windows included).