[CS-FSLUG] Winutuxu OS with Sp2 (Windows & Linux in One CD)

[Keli of Coxsackie]

that is what I thought!

For now - I use as much Open Source as I can...play with Linux...

If you hear of anything let me know though...

Keli

Whitt Madden wrote:
> I agree that there is no Adobe alternative on linux.  You may find 
> that there are tutorials to get some of the apps working, but they 
> will not do so, without some serious time involved getting it set up.  
> Even then, there are no guarantees.  VMware is free as well, and I've 
> heard a lot of good things about virtualbox, but if you have to run an 
> OS in a virtual desktop to do most of your work, it would definitely 
> be defeating the purpose.
>
> On Nov 20, 2007 2:54 PM, Timothy Butler <tbutler at ofb.biz 
> <mailto:tbutler at ofb.biz>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Nov 20, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Keli of Coxsackie wrote:
>
>     > Well - I am on a network and I print to Xerox Workcentre 7655 and a
>     > Doc
>     > 12 and a Document Centre 440 St and a Phaser 8560 and so I would
>     > firstly
>     > need to be able to access my working pdfs on the network and print
>     > them..
>     > ALSO.. since I work with pdfs I need the ability to manipulate
>     the pdf
>     > and impose when needed into booklet or impose for business
>     cards... I
>     > use adobe and would love to get away from them.. I know GIMP is
>     a good
>     > Photoshop alternative (or even Gimpshop) and Scribus is decent as a
>     > layout program although I have hundreds of indesign layouts that I
>     > still
>     > need to keep using.
>
>
>            There's nothing of the caliber of Adobe Creative Suite for
>     Linux, if
>     you really utilize it, which it sounds like you do. Your best bet is
>     to go with running a virtualized copy of Windows in VMware, Win4Lin,
>     or QEMU (the latter is free). That's the only way you'll get perfect
>     Windows compatibility, and unfortunately, unlike on the Mac, they
>     have not come up with a rootless virtualizer that allows the windows
>     apps to intermingle with native apps. You could try CrossOver Office,
>     but that is unlikely to fit the bill if you use Creative Suite a lot.
>
>            The other alternative is to get a Mac. :-) You get most of the
>     benefits of Linux, plus you have native versions of Adobe.
>
>
>            -Tim
>
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