I don't like GIMP for windows, probably because it uses GTK themes. Because I generally have a few GNU/Linux in VMs already, it seemed easier to just fire GIMP in one of them. The thing is, I later realised that I had to start the VM just for running GIMP so many times. So decided to try PDN over "GIMP for Windows" and liked its feature set and look and feel. I am now hooked