Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello. I'm a linux user for everything except scanning. Because the dual3 is not supported except in Vuescan that not runs very well on my PC. The power of Linux is also the drawback. It is developed and maintained by a lot of people as a hobby. So, there is enough interest to make a program as the gimp, but it goes too far to do something on colour management. The credo in the linux community is: if you want a driver, write it! So I scan under Windows and the rest I do under Linux. For all the work I do, there is an alternative linux program for every program I would use under windows. Sometimes it is much better than the windows alternative (like multi-user, bookkeeping, networking, internet, multithreading), sometimes it is less good (graphics and webbuilding). Linux is much more stable and doesn't need restarts when you install a new program. And best off all NO VIRUSSES (yet). In basic it is free, and you are not supporting this guy called Bill who is rich enough already:-) Phong wrote: > I don't think Linux is there yet, as there isn't enough > support from vendors. If it is, I would be using it. > I think there are Linux users on the list. Perhaps > thay will speak up and share their experience. > > - Phong > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html