I’m trying to build a workstation for my wife who is a graphic design by trade. She has only ever used Window so I thought that this would be a great way to introduce her to Linux. I just have some questions about getting this project off the ground.

  1. Am I better off buying a cheap, prebuilt desktop and adding some extra parts like a GPU and more memory or building it from the ground up?

  2. For a distro, I was thinking about Linux Mint but would other distros be better options?

  3. Other than GIMP, what are some essential software for graphic design and digital art on Linux?

  • ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    28 days ago

    Don’t mess with her workflow. The apps, drawing tablets, printers maybe - all need to be well supported, like for like swaps - or she won’t be your wife for very much longer.