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Sleeping Dog:
I want nothing more than using LINUX as my desktop "solution", but there just isn't enough stuff.  I mean, gee folks, I have to work in a world full of MAC geeks and PC Goobers that I need to share files with on a professional level.  "This ain't playin' around, this ain't no dress rehearsal, this is the big time." (Waylon Jennings, 1979)  There just is not enough software that is available to us startup wanna'bes that runs under Linux on the DESKTOP yet to make the OS viable and friendly.  Hey Developers, where the Hell are you?

OK folks....here is some real world stuff I deal with day to day, personally and professionally. (Internet aside).
I design machines and buildings with AutoCAD,  I do photos for my 80 year old Mommy with PhotoShop.  I FTP large files back and forth, and I am a freakin' musician who wants to take advantage of the latest in audio software.  I don't want to have to get another PHD in OS....I just want software that does what I want to do without paying Redmond or the cider people a premium.

Is there Hope?

Signed......Lost in the Ozone again.

Sleeping Dog

Calum:
use a mac.

sorry, but the more customisable the OS, the more you'll need to know about it. I am not sure about the CAD stuff, but the audio stuff will need a lot of configuring (from what i see) to get it to work. Either that or it's a case of getting WineX and running win32 programs (third party non-m$ ones) using it.
As for photos and networking, all that stuff is already on yr machine, if you installed linux and a lot of programs. Did you try GIMP? it's as good as photoshop, totally free, and it's open source too.
Also, you'll notice that linux comes with literally hundreds of programs preinstalled. I think your claim of not enough stuff is a bit silly, considering you get about five programs with windows, all of which are useless, spyware or both.

Still, a lot of developers developers developers developers have still got their heads down the toilet when it comes to releasing for linux...

Also, sleeping dog, try not to post a topic more than once, hmm? i had to delete a useless topic of yours because it's only function was to tell people to read this topic. That wastes my time as well as other people's. If people want to read this, they will. Don't piss them off in the meantime, thanks.

Sleeping Dog:
Sorry about the "SO WHERE'S MY FLYING CAR?" posting.  It was a joke....maybe took five seconds of precious time to read.  Good grief, lighten up a bit.  Have some fun. Levity can be good for the soul.

Calum:
whatever. I have a perfectly good sense of humour, and there's no need for you to go insulting me just to inflate your own ego. I'm not trying to start a flame war but we have a forum to keep clean and if everybody started two topics when one would do, we'd be neck deep in shit.

There's a reason for moderators you know. Nothing personal, unless you make it personal.

choasforages:
on the note of Calum, i was on your site and tried to download your two mp3s and it said i wasn't allowed???

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