Re: Hate Linux?? (was Re: [Nolug] Woo hoo!!! On-line with wireless!!!)

From: James Thompson <james_at_plainprograms.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:25:35 -0500
Message-Id: <DEC1B536-9E5A-444D-9B27-8379C638F611@plainprograms.com>

I actually use Gimp on Windows and would use it on my Mac if I didn't
have a license for Photoshop and Fireworks already. I need to get more
comfortable with Inkscape.

-James

On Jun 12, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Jonathan Roberts wrote:

> I'm not a big graphics guy but... have you tried gimp and the other
> programs out there on Linux?
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com
> > wrote:
> I am disappointed that the "Linux Community" hasn't developed a
> solid desktop offering. I love Linux on server kit where I have no
> need for a GUI, but doing image editing with a desktop environment
> that is less responsive than Windows XP has always bothered me.
>
> I really loathe my Windows box at work, but I've not installed any
> flavor of Linux on it that didn't bother me even more. So now I just
> use my MacBook Air at work and save my Windows XP environment for
> checking my company email (since my Mac isn't technically allowed on
> the network) and doing batch processing work.
>
> I actually need to try out the latest from the FreeBSD camp since it
> has been years since I last used OpenBSD for a firewall setup and I
> used to use FreeBSD on an old Toshiba laptop I had.
>
>
>
> -James
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> On 2009-06-12 09:13, B. Estrade wrote:
> [snip]
> I hate linux, but use Ubuntu on my work lappy bc I am too lazy to
>
> I can understand you not liking it for technical reasons, being
> miffed that it gets all the press that Tux gets that Beastie
> deserves, or even that the GPL Is Evil, but *hate*???
>
> That should be reserved for the steaming pile of excrement that is
> Windows. (I had to reboot my work PC yesterday because I held down
> the Shift key too long and the keyboard stopped responding.)
>
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