As obvious by the title, I have a love hate relationship with both GIMP and Inkscape. For the uninitiated, GIMP is an open source image editing program. GIMP is most similar to the proprietary industry standard of Adobe Photoshop. Inkscape is a vector graphics program that is similar in function to the proprietary industry standard Adobe Illustrator. I have a lot of experience with both as I used them to do design work for TigerOS, an open source remix of Fedora aimed specifically at getting RIT students into Linux. I was able to use Inkscape to create the TigorOS mascot and used GIMP to make the wallpapers. Although I appreciated being able to do design work using open source software, especially not having to pay for Adobe with both my arms and my legs, I always struggle with it. I know that it takes time to learn design software because it tends to be quite complex but I find both GIMP and Inkscape have quite a learning curve. The options bars along the side are a bit cryptic and it can be difficult to find things like layers at first. I know that both communities are making an effort to increase their user experience. Regardless, they both are valuable resources and are good open source solutions.