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

From: Jonathan Roberts <gremln007_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:34:39 -0500
Message-ID: <fcbad9f30906120834r753ba753n1d67c98f62366e57@mail.gmail.com>

I was just curious... I also use Gimp on Windows since our photoshop license
is nearly 10 years old... So far, Gimp works for me but I do very little
graphics work.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:25 AM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com>wrote:

> 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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