Bit of all 3, as well as cost (OS is free, so are all major upgrades and it runs better on old hardware than any other current OS) and ease of installation (it's actually a lot easier to install and initially configure Ubuntu or Fedora Core than any version of Windows).
Not to mention it's a far better server OS for those of us who run servers in-house (I use a mix of OS X and Linux on my servers, depending on what hardware's available). Linux actually isn't hard to use, and is very usable as a desktop OS provided you aren't wedded to any major commercial software and you don't game. -Adam On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting. I'm not a computer guy, so pardon my ignorance. But I > can't help but wonder why people choose to run linux. Is it a form of > self flagellation? Or is it a way of protesting Microsoft's > domination of the world outside of apple? Or just a cult of sorts? > Educate me. > Paul > On Jun 22, 2008, at 9:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
