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

From: James Thompson <james_at_plainprograms.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:38:41 -0500
Message-Id: <28E96C69-C1B5-4462-A948-56BC524F0DA0@plainprograms.com>

I like the Gimp, but it could use some UI love. I like that I can
still open the PSD files that our PR office sends up to me...

On Jun 12, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Jonathan Roberts wrote:

> 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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>> Scooty Puff, Sr
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