I'm only chiming in to say I agree 100%. Flash is the most reprehensible "enhancement" ever to hit the WWW. I have "ClickToFlash" installed in Safari that disables all flash items unless you click on them (individually). Acrobat seems to want to update itself every 3 days on my work laptop.
I've been a very happy GIMP user for years and years. I don't do anything particularly exciting (t-shirt and logo designs, and a tiny amount of photo manipulation) but I've never needed more than its vast capabilities can provide.
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