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sakuramboo
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Posted May 14th, 2007 23:00
simply put, linux isnt for everyone. if you dont see a need for linux, then dont use it. i see no need for windows because everything i want my computer to do, can be done in linux free of charge. if you want to spend money for the convenience(?), go right ahead.
If all the software you want to use is native to Windows, there really IS no point in switching. No operating system can be "all things to all people." I would go out of my brain if I were to switch to Windows. I've been using Linux exclusively for over 5 years and would be lost (and likely unimaginably aggravated) in a Windows environment. For me, why pay all that money for Windows and Paint Shop Pro when I already know that Linux and The Gimp work perfectly? Use whatever makes you happiest.
@Balthor wrote:The point is why should I get Linux?I have to do all this extra stuff to use the software that I already know works.I tried everything to get Linux to work and found it useless.
- Your statements are truly absurd.How can an operating system have any difficulty with hardware?The firmware in the hardware just works.You'll probably run into UN l-a-w on file standards and compatibility here.This is digital and all files should run in all operating systems.For some reason the file name"GIMP"rubs me the wrong way.
So be it. I've seen the "I can't do it, therefore nobody can" arguments before. I have absolutely nothing to gain by trying to convince you otherwise.
@Balthor wrote:Linux is useless and I seriously doubt that you are telling the truth about using Linux.
EDIT: Actually, I should add something to this. I tried Mandrake back in early 2002 and it had difficulty with some of my hardware -- constantly failing to boot properly. I suppose I could have concluded that Linux is a great pile of steaming garbage... but the only VALID conclusion was that Mandrake didn't work on my particular hardware. Today, there IS no Mandrake. Did you mean Mandriva? Did you try anything else? Did you test using a LiveCD (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Knoppix, etc.) Did you read the instructions regarding how to install software? (It is rare that simply downloading an RPM will work... that is not how it is done in most Linux distributions)?
But I'll repeat... if what you are looking for is an OS that will work just like Windows and run Windows software, Linux is not what you are looking for. As others have said in the past, Linux is an alternative to Windows. It is not a clone of Windows.
Message Edited by hotshotDJ on 05-15-2007 02:47 PM- Well you are correct for me Linux doesn't work at all.I could not even get Mandrake Linux to install.The scsi drives didn't detect.I tried Linux in Microsoft Virtual PC and VMWare and found the installation to be impossible.Linux is useless and I seriously doubt that you are telling the truth about using Linux.I could not find any programs that worked in Linux.None of the RPM files that I downloaded worked.You're talking nonsense with this all things to all people stuff.There are computer file standards and Linux is way off track.
- Microsoft is being sued by the EU for over a billion dollars!Microsoft hardly works!I paid $2500 for my Dell Precision 380 and if I didn't erase the hard drive and re-install the operating system every month the computer would be useless.Your statements are broad,general,trite,and of a low intellect.I've seen Linux,I have actually installed it in my computer.Linux does not work at all is a hard cold fact.Dell Computers is headed for a major disaster with Linux.It is impossible to install a program in Linux.I have tried Wine and it does not work.In engineering if it doesn't work for me it will not work for anybody is true.My tests are extensive and yield true results.
- Ok... I guess the two systems that I have (one brand new Dell laptop and on slightly aging but still useful AMD based desktop) are figments of my imagination. I honestly THOUGHT they were both running Kubuntu 7.04. Thats what I INSTALLED (so I thought!). I use (or at least I thought I was using!) native Linux versions of Firefox, OpenOffice, The GIMP (yes, that is an awful name for software... is that how you choose your friends too?), DigiKam, K3B (another great, but bizarrely named program -- now that I think of it, I have a friend with a stupid name... will cross him off my contact list), AmaroK (see comments about K3B), etc., etc., etc. But, obviously, that is impossible, since Linux doesn't work and applications can't be installed on it.
I'll make an appointment with a psychotherapist to work out my delusions. I better log off now (or am I not logged in? I'm running a web browser in Linux... but thats not possible!!! It can't be DONE! Better get that therapist on speed-dial!)
On that note... I withdraw from this conversation.
hotshotDJ
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Posted May 14th, 2007 03:00
(see http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=76 ). Its really impossible to get any more specific than that without knowing the distribution of Linux you are using and the version of Paint Shop Pro you are trying to install.
Having said that, I highly recommend that you try The Gimp, "a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages." (see http://www.gimp.org ) The downside is that you'll need to learn a new software package that will certainly function differently than what you are used to. The upside is you won't have to futz around with WINE, dual-booting, or VM's. Once you learn and get used to The Gimp, you'll find it is a very capable replacement for Paint Shop Pro. I've been using it for years to work with images.