Krita does have a clone/healing feature. That is just not a different tool than the actual brush. You can use _Clone_Tool brush preset as clone tool. For healing, check the “Healing” under “painting tool” in the brush setting.
Where do I find the _Clone_Tool brush preset? Which group of brushes?
Ok, _Clone-Tool found. How do I use it? Does not appear to work like a normal clone tool at all.
OK. Never mind. Got it. Works nicely.
OK. Thanks. I guess what really stays on my whishlist ist focus stacking.
I also want to mention, although this has nothing to do with photography: Cinnamon and Gnome have nice color managment, but configuring my touchpad does not work properly there. I cannot make the system decativate my touchpad while typing. This works well in KDE though.
You can do stacking via enfuse/hugin!
I knew that in theory it works with enfuse. But does it work as well and as easily as in Affinity?
Have not tried this yet but it does not look similar to Affinity or Photoshop. I need to be able to edit every level/mask manually with a brush. Apparently it is a totally different approach to focus stacking (at least form the user perspective). Manual corrections appear to be very limited or not possible at all.
Manual correction using Enfuse? You can export the masks being used and manually edit them as much as you want.
What’s the deal with focus stacking in GIMP? You pile up layers à gogo and work with transparency … is there any other way to do it?
yes, but you need to see everything (meaning all the layers, ie the result) while you are editing the masks. the most convenient way would be a script which opens all the layers and masks that were created by enfuse in GIMP or Krita. Can GIMP or Krita deal with 50-100 layers with masks?
I think we are not far form a comfortable way to create focus stacks.
unfortunately, it is not that simple, especiallly if you have dozens of layers
@betazoid If you haven’t already, please follow what the others have suggested. I agree that some of it is not as straightforward as you would have liked but I certainly learned something from following @patdavid and other’s tutorials and concepts. Adversity builds character ha ha 
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hey I am really trying to be constructive and motivate you (who no doubt have done a great job so far) to be even more ambitious!
That was an interesting read. A few observations:
- The Polarr link is broken. I had to Bing the name to find the actual link.
- Having found the link, I’m still not clear on what Polarr does or why it is special. The website, oddly, does not have a proper About section.
- When I click on the Linux link for Polarr, it takes me to another website that says the license is proprietary. Not sure if this should fit into a discussion on FOSS workflow unless we are including free beer in addition to free speech.
- I notice that the author did not specifically include a tool for EXIF/other meta data editing. Is that not particularly important for professionals?
- I was interested to read that the author had managed to start a photography group at his workplace. I wonder what the success formula is for that. I have tried offering free photography lessons where I work, at the request of my colleagues, but the interest seems to fade when it is time to actually show up for a session.
exactly. might work up to a certain extent with digikam? never tried it though
made similar experiences
However. I remember when I first came to this forum I think about one year ago, and I realized that most people here were using Linux. I thought you were all crazy or left extremists or both. But, I am also active on dslr-forum.de, most of the members there are hardcore Adobe users, mainly Lr users, but there are also some Linux users, since a few years actually. Until a few months ago I was just puzzled. But now I am beginning to understand that with Ps and Lr, image editing is just boring and regressive.
Btw: I had been using Linux many years ago, but switched back to Windows because 10-15 years ago not much really worked properly on Linux as far image editing was concerned. But of course, from a programmer’s and IT guy’s perspective who is interested in photography, it was completely different…
I wish there were more articles about open source photography software on c’t for example.
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Probably yes to that one 
Free Software attracts all kinds of people. Go to a conference to find out about that. At least here in the U.S., I know quite a few very conservative people who are very much into Free Software, as it appeals to (1) freedom and (2) the conservative idea of “pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps,” a sort of DIY ethos. Because of Free Software, I’m friends with people I’d probably not otherwise encounter, I understand their points, respect their opinions because I’ve taken some time to get to know them. I think we’re all better for it.
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I thought you had to be an,
Ageing Greying Portly Old Hippie 
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well I am indeed coloring my hair… 
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