For several reasons, including this notorious forum, I turned to Linux Mint. My Windows 8.1 desktop and browsers that can no longer be updated weren’t opening this forum properly. So it was time to do a dual-boot installation. I intend to try Krita in the Linux environment as well.
Actually, I’ve been an occasional Linux user for many years, ever since live CDs allowed me to experiment with Linux in a “relaxed way” I’m from a time when, while trying to install a Linux distro (which came on a magazine CD), I managed to destroy a hard drive. That was in the late 90s; don’t ask me how I did it; I just know I lost the hard drive. But I’ve always used Linux to solve chronic Windows problems, and in fact, I’m doing that again now in some way.
If you’ve read this far and want to mention which Linux distro you’re using to run Krita, feel free.
Out of curiosity, I’ve been working for the past few days with Krita running on Linux Mint 22 (Zara).
Just as we perhaps inevitably associate Krita with PS, I’ll do the same here, unfortunately, between Linux and Win. (Even though I’ve left PS completely behind.)
Well, the truth is that running Krita on Win 8.1 makes it perform better than on Linux Mint 22 (Zara).
I ran some tests, routine things I used to do on Win 8.1 but that weren’t as smooth on Linux. I don’t know if this has to do with how Win 8.1 manages hardware, memory, and everything else.
Well, perhaps it’s unfair to compare Win 8.1, a decade-old system, with the completely current Mint 22. Would the older Mint deliver better performance?
Well, if you’ve read this far and want to share your experience with Krita and Linux, feel free.
Went through that ngl, the thing is, Mint is optimized for older machines, I suppose that since it has “older” stuff, modern stuff like Krita may have some stuttering, I do even remember seeing people having a look at the OS having problems with their (modern) monitors, for example
Well, I didn’t mention it, but my PC is old (3rd gen i7 3770k, 16GB (ddr-3)
However, I have good performance to continue drawing on it with the blessing of Krita (large A2 artwork, with many layers, etc.) Especially on Win8.1
I got into Linux in those days also. Red Hat CD from a book. Installed on a number of 386s that people were throwing out, “door stop” one guy called his. No GUI back then.
Now I am using MX Linux (Debian based) on HP EliteDesk machines that had win 10 on them, too low end for win11, so they came refurbished and practically free. I have Wacom Cintiq 16 tablets, which ended up being plug and play with MX.
I tried many different distros on Lenovo and HP laptops, openSuse, (Leap and Tumbleweed both) worked best with some glitches (floating dockers misbehaved). Besides getting the tablets to work, KDE Plasma desktop is a requirement for me.
The Krita appimage is the way to go on Linux, forget the versions found on any distros repository.
That’s interesting, thanks for the ‘appimage’ tip. I installed Krita from the Mint store (I think in flatpack mode)
Since I’m using Linux, my curiosity is automatically piqued by so many distros, but for now, I want to get the best performance out of my hardware, and from what I’ve researched online, Mint was the right choice.
I changed hubby’s old Windows PC to be 100% Linux Mint several months ago. He adapted quite quickly and is enjoying better performance without Windows bogging everything down and hogging what little RAM the device has.
