I knew Gimp was for Linux, but seeing as it was free and also edited for Windows, I figured I'd give it a shot. I didn't know Krita was originally for Linux... I like it, because it has all the shortcuts I was used to from Photoshop!
It's a logical assumption to make that I was using Linux! :-)
I'll check out LightZone aswell. I tried digiKam yesterday and so far, it's working fine. I see some things I was used to from Lightroom and I'm just exploring all the options. I liked doing finishing touches in Photoshop, but I'll do without that for now.
DigiKam atleast helps me work on the pictures that were gathering dust, so I'm very happy about that, thank you so much!
here's a first try. Used a special effect thingy on this, but that was the best I could get out of an otherwise mediocre image :-)