Judeau (NES TMNT is GOOD!)

I am continuing with my fulltime migration from #Windows to #Bazzite #Linux.

The project for the last few days has been to get #PaintDotNet up & running. I really don't want to leave this program behind but it looks like currently this is not easily possible.

I tried both the Windows installer & the portable version with Wine, Bottles, Lutris & Heroic Launcher & had no success.

It looks like some people are trying to tackle this. Older versions are working though.

https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/134148-getting-the-latest-pdn-version-working-on-linux-wine-work-in-progress/#comment-648034

Jan 15 at 9:39pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Weber BerruttiJan 15

@Judeau Have you considered alternatives, like these?

LazPaint: https://itsfoss.com/lazpaint/

KolourPaint: https://apps.kde.org/kolourpaint/

Pinta: https://alternativeto.net/software/pinta/about/

Krita: https://alternativeto.net/software/krita/about/

LazPaint: A Free & Open Source Paint.NET Alternative

Brief: LazPaint is an open-source Paint.NET alternative with cross-platform support. It is a lightweight program with a bunch of essential options to edit images quickly. Here’s an overview of LazPaint. LazPaint: Open Source Paint.NET Alternative for Linux If you are fond of using tools to quickly edit

It's FOSS
Show threadJudeau (NES TMNT is GOOD!)Jan 15

@wwberrutti I appreciate the recommendations but Paint.Net is a critical tool that I use, especially with its vast array of plugins and community support forums.

I imagine the only real alternative would be for me to get more familiar with Gimp, which is a daunting thought. Lol. But I'm sure I'll have to get to grips with it at some point.

Having said that, I don't recall seeing LazPaint before. I will check that one out.

Thank you!

Show threadTheBenJan 16
@Judeau Paint.net is one of the few windows programs I haven't found a great replacement for on Linux and do miss. It made quick and basic image editing very easy and the closest thing I've found so far (pinta) is no where near so easy to quick (say) crop two images, resize them and merge them I to one image. I sort of reverted to libre office draw and print screening the images which is not great. So yeah. Paint.net please!
Show threadJudeau (NES TMNT is GOOD!)Jan 17

@TheBen Same! There are only a couple of programs that kept me from moving to Linux permanently & this is one of them.

From everything that I have personally tried & everything I have read it seems that older versions, 3.5 and maybe 4.0, are possible to get up & running with a translation layer like wine but anything newer does not work.

I am now wondering if some sort of VM would be able to run newer versions? Certainly not as ideal but it's something to look into that I have yet to see.

Show threadTheBenJan 17
@Judeau I just tried Lazpaint this morning. Despite a slightly icky UI for large resolutions it actually seems to work the closest, so will have that on hand for now.