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What *can't* you do in Linux?
emh:
Those of you that won't switch because of Photoshop, you don't have an excuse anymore. ;)
Crossover Office from Codeweavers supports all versions of Photoshop:
http://www.codeweavers.com
They don't claim to support Dreamweaver yet, though.
solo:
GIMP, OpenOffice etc is not part of the operating system, but I see your points. It is true that Gimp, OpenOffice sometimes lack things that are needed but when it all comes down to it, such problems regarding porting are the application vendors problems. They *will* port their stuff when Linux makes it into the desktop. Types of issues regarding software like Flash MX etc are not the OS developers problem, they are the marketers problem.
That's not to say I don't agree: the only piece of software that Linux has nothing to compare to in my mind is Macromedia Flash. I can live without Photoshop because I have GIMP and dont require the features you speak of. I can live without Dreamweaver because I am a good coder and believe code is better hand coded anyway. I would absolutely love to see Macromedia Flash MX on Linux, and I've heard rumours that they may have it on their mind.
Better USB and Firewire support: Firewire support I do not know much of in Linux, but as for USB: USB works perfectly in Linux. Maybe we need more USB *device* support, but USB support itself works great and a good amount of devices works fine. How can anyone expect the Linux developers to create device drivers for all the devices? In the Windows and Mac non-standard drivers are written by the device manufacturer. That problem will be solved *when* Linux is adopted.
Some of the arguments posted are true: we need a independent package system that allows software to have their own libraries etc., so dependency problems are nonexistant. Mac's system is nice... I'd like to see our current system RPM evolve some more and get a more universal program based (as opposed to category based /bin /lib etc). GoboLinux and others, including my own Linux are experimenting with software folders, which is a good step in the right direction.
Here's my view on what our problems are:
- Dependency problems can turn into nightmares.
- XFree86 needs to catch up
- 3D sound support, as well as a standard sound system
- Universal toolkit methods
Faust:
I think Solo has it pretty much covered.
Also it seems that Mac OSX is still ahead in the specialist graphics / sound artist stakes... we'll get there. Hell our weak points are better than Windows' strong points. ;)
Faust:
What is CMYK? :confused:
dishawjp:
Hi All,
This talk about MSOffice compatibility bothers me. MSOffice is not even compatible with MSOffice! I have MSOffice 97 Pro installed on my Win98 box and I got my wife to convert to using my Linux box at home when her office upgraded to M$Office 2000 and she could no longer open and edit documents and spreadsheets on our Windows computer at home. But Open Office could do the job. There must be at least 10 "versions" of MSWord out there, but if you don't have the most current version... you can't open docs created in newer versions. So, you have a choice. Go out and spend a couple of hundred dollars and buy the current MSOffice suite, or get a Linux distribution that has Open Office on it.
Oh, and once she found out that my Linux computers could work with her MSOffice documents, she found out about the Linux web browsers... galeon and mozilla... with no pop-up windows and tabbed browsing. And then both of my daughters wanted to use Linux too. So I have 5 computers in the house, one still has Windows on it, and I have to fight to use my favorite one. It is a dual boot machine... it will boot to both good operating systems; Red Hat 8 and Red Hat 9 :)
Soooo there is only one Linux shortfall (other than games) that I can think of. I need a good Linux replacement for TaxCut or TurboTax and I can upgrade my last Windows box to Linux and the whole family will be happy.
Jim
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