On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Gautam Chaudhary <[email protected]> wrote: >> sorry - it is lack of knowledge and exposure created in the main by a >> sustained campaign by MS to keep people ignorant and prevent them from >> learning about alternatives. > > > Yes, this is true and agree on that. But there are even situations where one > is aware of FOSS alternatives but still goes with paid stuff because they > can't fulfill his requirements. Gamers are the biggest example of this. As > most of the computer games are released for windows, pro gamers will use > windows because their main requirement is the game and not the operating > system. And there are so many gamers!! I know companies don't build linux > games because there are not many linux gamers, and the linux gamers won't > increase as long as we don't have goodlinux games. Deadlock :) >
The situation for gaming on Linux is not like that Many companies have already released versions for Linux and game development started picking up with the rise of *buntu. You should take a look at the forums of the gaming public. > > Well, as i have been working as a freelancer web developer/designer, i do > need to have the paid image manipulation and vector drawing tools like > photoshop, illustrator etc. Not because i design on them, but because i get > designs generally in these formats and to open them i must have the > softwares. The FOSS alternatives like Gimp, Inkscape etc can't open the > complete designs correctly. And asking clients to use FOSS design tools > would be a stupid thing. > No, clients do listen. You should try to set the terms. > Also i tried moving to linux as my main OS but could not continue for long > because i keep travelling and most of the time don't have internet access. > Installing and fixing stuff on linux without internet becomes difficult, and > even landed me into troubles at times. > Is Internet access so bad?. You do not seem to be planning things properly. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
