Put Linux on an old gaming laptop. Thing runs much better on Linux than Windows ever has.

Affinity is much more usable than the gimp. I hear good things about it with crossover (commercial wine). If you’re willing to spend a bit of money (not an exorbitant amount).

Dear France, never change.

In an Earthdawn lore book it’s the name of a T’skrang (lizard people) river pirate with a flamboyant taste.