If you want everything preconfigured and you don't want to do it yourself, I'm not sure Linux is the best choice for you.
With that said, I think Dell sells computers with Linux preinstalled. I'd guess it's Red Hat Linux, but I haven't checked. I use and love Linux. I've also had good luck with Windows. I still own 3 Macs, though I don't use them. None of the operating systems are magic. They're all pretty good these days, but you can still run into problems with any of them. If I were you, I'd give Windows another shot, unless you didn't like the way it does things when things do work. I'd probably avoid getting another Toshiba simply because they're having some serious financial problems these days. Finally, Clippit the paper clip was never a part of any operating system; it was part of Office. On May 27, 2017 5:53 PM, "John" <[email protected]> wrote: > If I have to replace the Toshiba, I'm going to *BUY* a laptop that > already has Linux installed from a vendor that will at least give me "up > & running" support. I'll let them worry about the "distro". > > I'm trying to put some thought into it before I start spending my money. > > I need a web browser (Firefox). I need an email client (Thunderbird). I > need a media player (VLC). I want some kind of "Office" software, mainly > a word processor & spread sheet, maybe presentations (Open Office, Libre > Office, ... ?). I want a text editor that's as easy to use as Windows > Notepad, and a calculator app as good or better than Windows Calculator. > I want a couple of solitaire games (Freecell & Spider) for when I get > bored. > > I'm pretty sure I can find all of those as native applications for Linux > with no problem. > > And I need image processing software ... a RAW processor that handles > .DNG files, an image browser with capabilities similar to Adobe Bridge & > an image editing program comparable to Photoshop. > > Some way to actually run Photoshop CS5 (with Bridge) would be the > optimum solution, because that's what I'm running on my existing laptop. > > And who knows, maybe I'll get the damn updates installed on the Toshiba > & push the problem off into the future. > > On 5/27/2017 10:40, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> If you think that selecting a new camera from scratch is hard -- so >> many choices with hundreds of tiny detailed differences between them >> -- just wait until you start selecting a Linux distro to run. Heh! >> Good luck. >> >> The Gimp is somewhere near Ps CS3 in ability lately. I expect it would >> suit you. You still need a raw converter, but there are a few pretty >> good ones that run under Linux, so you'll be okay there too. >> >> Don't bet on running Photoshop CS5 under WINE. Check this out: >> https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?iId=17&sClass=application >> >> Make sure you get large RAM on your new laptop. 16 Gig or up. >> >> >> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 10:09 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Haven't needed to use my current laptop since last October. I got it out >>> to make sure I had all the Windoze 7 security updates installed before I >>> head off to Grandfather Mountain next weekend. >>> >>> Things ain't looking so good. I got a BSD 01a the first time I tried to >>> run the update. Second time ended with an Update Failure w/unidentified >>> error. >>> >>> > > So I'm thinking about a Linux laptop. Which means either GIMP for image >>> editing or trying to run PhotoShop on WINE. >>> >>> I know there are some Linux users here, maybe even a Guru or two. >>> >>> Anyone using GIMP recently? Or running PhotoShop using WINE? >>> >>> Or is there another way? >>> >>> Help! >>> >>> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.
