[CS-FSLUG] What about linux-xp

[Whitt Madden]

No, linux-xp is definitely a modified version of linux to look like
windows.  It's still linux underneath.

On Nov 20, 2007 3:26 PM, Keli of Coxsackie <keli at parchmentpress.net> wrote:

> 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,
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> >>                                                -- Edward FitzGerald
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> Whitt Madden
> >>
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