On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:17:24 -0400, "D. Glenn Arthur Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] opined: > > Please don't take offense, but the real question is why would > > any serious photographer subject their file to GIMP? > > Uh, because in addition to the other adjectives and nouns > that describe me, 'broke' and 'poor' must be included. > I'm trying to figure out how to pay my water bill and buy > gasoline; the software budget has been empty for a very > long time, alas. > > (Does Photoshop run under Linux? I'm short on processing > power in my workstations, so I often run GIMP on a server > downstairs and throw the interface to a machine upstairs > using X. So I'm running it on more than one machine, > sometimes under Windows, sometimes under Linux, and sometimes > on a borrowed Mac when I'm visiting somebody else.)
I've tried installing Photoshop 6 under Linux via Wine but the installation hangs. However, you can run Photoshop 6 in VirtualBox under Linux, but, of course, you need a Windows OS to install in the VirtualBox (I installed Windows 2000) Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- 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.
