On 2/23/09, John Graves <[email protected]> wrote: > But if do I choose linux I still have twenty decisions to make. And > that's before I figure out how to install the bugger. I will admit it's > getting better. But you can't take a disk and install it with worrying that > something will raise it's head from the swamp.
That's simply not true. The mainstream distributions are install better, faster and easier than Windows. Chances are, once it's installed most, if not all, of your hardware will work and you'll have quite a few (hundreds) of applications ready to go. > If the process is as interesting as the end result, Linux is the system for > you. Otherwise, until you can go to BigBox and buy a Linux system and a > couple of applications, it ain't gonna play. You can do that now. Or order one from Dell if that sort of thing floats your boat. Connect it to the internet, check the repositories for the apps you want and have it. These days configuring a Linux machine is light years ahead of Windows. Unless you have to have Photoshop or IIS. But more often than not I'm turning to Linux because the app that does what I want either isn't available for Windows, costs a fucking fortune, or doesn't work. > Can I get off my soapbox now and go back to processing pictures? Please do. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
