Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian- One more word!!! I just bought a little printer from Sam's Club- an Apollo which uses the HP cartridges, and acts like a little HP printer, and hooked it to the linux box I have been playing with. It was only $39.99, actually cheaper than buying the two ink cartridges that came with it! ( I wonder if they thought I was nuts buying three more printers for the ink carts?) I have been playing with the linux box- an older slower PC that was given to me, and which I set up as a test platform. I cannot believe a mchine that runs for weeks without needing rebooting! I have played some with GIMP- the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, and was surprised to find a lot of features in there that are duplicates of Photoshop and Corel Photopaint functions. I have already hooked my Digilux to the box with gPhoto- and they actually have Leica digilux drivers! The next thing is to find one of these cheap little scanners and try it--- My reason really, for writing is to ask if you think that linux might become a viable alternative for digital manipulation? I know the support is a bit fragmented, but I am not all that adept at computers, and I already have a usable, though slow 166MHz system running. It reminds me of the DOS days of the mid-80's, but the advances seem to be coming more quickly. I like the stability, and relative compactness of the system- I stuck a 256Mb stick of RAM- currently about $20! in it and the resource meter seems to indicate that I barely scratch the surface when it comes to RAM usage, even with relatively large images. MACs are expensive, but PC hardware is CHEAP, and if there is a viable alternative to Windows out there, I am sure that many would be interested in your thoughts.... Leically speaking, of course! :o) Dan ( Okay- all you need to do is find the file named - image-leica.2000-12-29.frammistan.eng001.DSC0091.jpg! Piece o' cake!) Post - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html