best dds program

[Zenubi]

feel like i'm tip-toeing on the playfield of the giants here... but

i use Gimp - www.gimp.org - latest version 2.6.6

there is a DDS pluggin - search the plugin repository - latest version 2.0.7

works fine for me, have used it to modify skin file no problem - it's open source - ie. free, and that has to be a good thing