one thing I found that i liked was a Koffice graphic editor called "krita" i think thats what it was called... seems pretty good for normal image editing with a better layout than gimp.
Yes, I took a look at Krita again after not trying it for a long time, and it has progressed quite a bit. It supports CMYK color, which the Gimp still lacks.
I'm used to the Gimp, though...but I'll try actually using Krita soon.