Hi all

Pignog · **Joined:** Jul 07, 2015 **Posts:** 1

I was looking for some basic tutorials on GIMP when I stumbled onto GIMP Chat. It looks like you guys have a lot to offer here and it's an active community. I recently made the switch from Windows to Linux, so I'm trying to get a good handle on the open source programs that everyone uses for digital illustration and painting. It looks like people use some combination of GIMP, MyPaint, and Inkscape, from what I've read so far. Anyway, I look forward to learning from and getting to you all better.

jontait2 · **Joined:** Dec 27, 2014 **Posts:** 508

"looking for basic tutorials ..stumbled onto GIMP Chat ..switch from Windows to Linux"

That's 3 good moves already!
Welcome to GimpChat, Pignog.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Nice to see you using Linux

GnuTux · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:06 pm **(#4)**

Matera · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2013 **Posts:** 143

Hurrah for Pignog!

You will surely enjoy all the nutritious goodness of freely available software without having to hunt for it in the tiger-infested malware jungle that Windows forces us out into.

mackenzieh · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:26 pm **(#6)**

Welcome to the board!

Odinbc · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2015 12:16 am **(#7)**

to Gimp Chat Pignog

AnMal · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:13 am **(#8)**

pignog:

- not only to gimp chat, but to the world of wonderful open source programs

. i've tried all of the three you mentioned (tend to use gimp most with inkscape a close second) and i'm still amazed at what those programs can do.

happydays · **Joined:** Feb 09, 2015 **Posts:** 110

Issabella · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:31 am **(#10)**

Welcome to the board!

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2015 4:25 am **(#11)**

patricia · **Joined:** Jul 24, 2015 **Posts:** 8

Hi

I'm new too. And wish us all the best on this wonderful forum

AnMal · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:02 am **(#13)**

patricia: hi! welcome to gc

. if you're new, why don't you make an intrudoction post of your own (post it under the topic "introduce yourself") so people can welcome you too.

Erisian · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:03 am **(#14)**

Hi Pignog and patricia. Welcome to the family.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16164

Welcome to Gimp Chat both of you.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:57 am **(#16)**

Welcome to Gimp Chat

astevn816 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2015 9:57 am **(#17)**

welcome to the forum

jazzon · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:02 am **(#18)**

Pignog Welcome aboard, and congrats on the step up in OSs! (Yes I'm a die hard Nixer)