REPLACES: PAINT SHOT, PHOTO SHOP, DRAW, etc.
Quite simply the best. Better than Draw. Better than any of the Microsoft products. Better than PaintShop Pro. I've been totally frustrated by having to switch graphics design projects between programs, because each excels at a given task. At each task, however, GIMP is as good or better than any commercial program.
Total and complete BullS**T! GIMP's interface sucks hardcore period.
Perhaps rather than screaming obscenities, you might want to state what you didn't like about the interface. Was it the multiple windows? I got used to multiple windows when I started using Dreamweaver, but I recall that they did bug me a bit.
Making it's name apropos.
I just bought WinXP Pro Sp1 OEM, 150 euros, for a new configuration. Asus p5p800 + pent d 3.2 + 250go hd. I like open source, but WinXpProSP1 is just to good, efficient, reliable, fast, everything. And at that price, why bother pirating it? Bravo, MS for bringing down the price.