Thanks for the feedback Jmagick, it is greatly appreciated! 
And post anything you want here, I am especially looking forward t what you have to say and your insight.
Just so you know where I come from... I have used Gimp heavily on Ubuntu, had issues, but tolerated it.
I'm using #! on another machine that is identical to the one I've installed Vsido. Awesome distro! I use it for all my music needs.
The programs I use most on Vsido are all graphics based. Gimp, Darktable, and Digikam are my commons.
Whatever you do to improve, tweak, or whatever, please keep me in mind.
In the near future I'll be building another machine to put Vsido on! ... Suggestions from you or others would be greatly appreciated as to the perfect MB/Processor combo for graphics.
BTW I don't game, so 3D rendering is not a concern.
Is the multimedia forum for discussions about software?
I thought I might post my thoughts on graphics software there.
Thanks,
J