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TBH I don't like FreeCAD - I fell like it's like recommending Gimp as a serious alternative to Photoshop. With enough effort and deep knowledge you can almost achieve similar results but you have to invest multiple times as much time. The saving in licencing cost is very quickly eastern up by the increased labour cost.
There is an alternative that has come a long way IMHO, though: BlenderBIM. They are still not quite as good as ArchiCAD and such but it runs natively on Linux and is very neat so far.
It really depends on your needs. 3D printing community is very satisfied with FreeCAD, and GIMP is great for my needs when I need to find a way to increase visibility of some features in drone images and than make python script to repet it hundreds of times. No way I could do it in in PS. Making it run under wine already takes too much time.
And it is not only about money for license but about freedom.
I always see coments like this, and while I appreciate sharing of experience it is just being boring. At least add something specific and don't be a bot.
GIMP is a serious alternative to Photoshop. Wtf is your problem?
It's not even remotely an alternative to Photoshop for various reasons. Maaaaybe for personal use I could agree to some degree.
Hell Krita is closer to photoshop than GIMP
If you're trying to recreate Photoshop, that's part of your problem. We want an alternative, not something that has an identical UI
Lolno.