Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To change a little from the Win/Mac wars, how do you see Linux as an operating system for a photography oriented PC ? Viewscan and The Gimp may do a lot of things, but what about color management and calibration tools ? Jean-Christophe Barnoud Phong a écrit: >Linux was not around 15 years or so ago, when >the revolution started. Unix licenses were >not cheap, and the market was not set up >for do-it-yourself. > >I actually have high hopes for Linux, and think of it >as the MS-killer, and in fact hope to make contributions >in the tools development area, in the GNU tool chain. >[I am a compiler hacker, acording to my resume/CV] > >Affordable is good. Free is better. > >- Phong > >NO ARCHIVE > > >Michiel Fokkema wrote: > > >>Hello Phong, >> >>Windows affordable? Linux can be downloaded for free. And a 5GB distro >>is stil a lot cheaper than windows. Windows seems to be affordable >>because, of their agressive marketing, it is already installed when you >>buy a PC. >> >>Best regards, >> >>Michiel Fokkema >> >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html