even there i have to admit to being a simple user. i feel a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of options/seeming complexity of gimp. it is one of those programs that i very much wanted to figure out when i first started using linux full time a couple of years ago because i enjoy taking photos with my phone, but if i can get away with a quick crop and re-save in a simple photo editor i very much default to that 
to me one of the amazing and interesting aspects of linux is that there are so many options regarding distributions and desktop environments. i tried trisquel a few weeks back in a vm and liked it. it very much reminded me of ubuntu mate which was my first distro, but with the entirely free software philosophy (if i am remembering that properly) added to the mix.