[CS-FSLUG] What about linux-xp

[Keli of Coxsackie]

http://www.linux-xp.com

Would that work for me?

Keli

Keli of Coxsackie wrote:
> 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
>>
>>     ---
>>     Timothy R. Butler | "Into this Universe, and why not knowing,
>>     Editor, OFB.biz   | Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:
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>>     Wind along the Waste,
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>>     willy-nilly blowing."
>>                                                -- Edward FitzGerald
>>
>>
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