I know about KiCad, and still use GerbView, I just don't like it. KiCad is a bunch of separate programs that don't talk to each other in one wrapper. In KiCad you do the SCH, export the part file, define the parts, and then import it into the PCB view. Fritzing has all views connected instantaneously, and has an added Breadboard view, and the price you pay for this convenience is that parts are a bit harder to make. KiCad looks like a DOS era program because it so crude, where as FZ looks like a modern Windows program. KiCad has an internal parts drawing program, which is a lot quicker than the svg route we have to do, but everything looks simple and basic. It basically doesn't have the eyecandy BB view parts that FZ has - which are as addictive as real candy -, that is a winner with beginners.
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