/me claps. Well said. :) On February 13, 2004 04:01 pm, Aaron Seigo wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On February 13, 2004 10:53, Jason Hayes - HHC wrote: > > Now what is your take on Win4Lin? > > Win4Lin is quite fast and rather reliable. As it runs the whole OS it > supports (pretty much) all the apps for that OS. WINE, on the other hand, > only supports apps that use the parts of the win32 API that have been > implemented in the WINE libs. > > it's all downhill for Win4Lin from there, however. > > you need a Windows license from MS to run it in Win4Lin. i'm not > particularly in favour of that, and it increases the costs involved. > > running everything _in_ a window that pretends to be the screen is pretty > lame. i prefer my windows to be rootless and to work with my window > manager, thank you very much. alt-tab should just work, i shouldn't have to > worry about which window my mouse is over (for instance) > > and finally, having a full blown Windows install should really be a last > resort. why bother using a Free OS if you are just going to run closed > source apps and, worse, a closed source OS? yes, sometimes we don't have > the option because there are times when the only application that will do > is a closed source application. > > in your case that's Dreamweaver and Fireworks. you noted that the GIMP may > suffice; and as for Dreamweaver, well .... have you tried alternatives? do > you really need that proprietary lock in software? > > i find your choice of Windows for web devel to be particularly puzzling. > see... the biggest thing i like about doing web dev on Linux is how easy > and convenient it is to have the RDBMs, Web Server, mod_* extensions and > all the other tools running on the SAME machine that i'm developing on. > edit a file, save, reload the page in the web browser, rince, repeat... > with multiple desktops ()code on 2, browser on 1) the key strokes are: > Ctrl-S, Alt-F1, F5, Alt-F2.... some of this is possible in Windows as well, > but not nearly as conveniently or cleanly. which is probably why virtually > all the > Windows-based web developers i've known use one machine to devel on and > view the results on a "server" somewhere else on the network. now, if you > do your devel in Win4Lin you've just removed most of benefit of running > Linux. what bullocks! > > as an interrum arrangement relying on closed software can be a way to make > transition possible. but that's what it should be, transition. there are > better ways to work in Linux and there is more Freedom to be had to boot. > > ok, rant mode off ;-) > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > while (!horse()); cart(); > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFALVdm1rcusafx20MRAp/aAJ9cjGU1CZhRU+WXmD1Tpz9BN2lx3ACeJdyd > 8KXbjxTF469eQg4P3+GnsMY= > =Khit > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
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