Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We've got two Dell desktops both running XP Home SP2 and one of those dual booted with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux (8.04), we have a Dell Laptop with XP Home SP2 and a MacMini with OSX (Tiger). I don't see what all the fuss is about from any camp. Macs are wonderful machines and their ads are funny, but their marketing strategy is mostly based on FUD. All three OS's work just fine for us in creative or business (or creative business) pursuits. Firefox, Thunderbird and Open Office work very well on all three cross platform. I've used the Ubuntu for over a month now for everything but actual PhotoShop (CS2 works in Linux now, but CS3 and my monitor calibration setup is still not supported yet). My Thunderbird on both Linux and Windows share the same Profile folder so any changes in one OS version are also represented on the other OS when I'm working there. Having to resort to using a Command Line in a terminal interface (rather than a Graphical User Interface) is usually the biggest fear that most folks have of Linux and it is simply no longer an issue. Since putting the latest distribution of Ubuntu on my Dell, I've not had to resort to command line once. Because of this new user friendliness, the fact that Linux is Open Source (no cost to DL, Install or use) and largely as viri free and secure as Mac's OS, I'd suggest that both of the closed OS's have more to worry about from Linux than from each other. Linux will work wonderfully on either a Mac or most any standard PC hardware. Carpe lumen, Michael Eric Berube GoodPhotos.com