Free Photoshop Alternatives

Looking for an image editor that is cheap, reasonably useful, cheap, packed with features, cheap, easier to learn and use than Photoshop, cheap, and not cluttered up with all those Photoshop features that you don't need because you're not a graphic artist? And also, cheap? If so, check out 10 Free Web-based Alternatives to Photoshop (h/t Paul Music).