[CS-FSLUG] What about linux-xp

[Keli of Coxsackie]

they say it also handles windows programs... do you think it would 
handle adobe?
I only use acrobat pro with a few plugins , indesign and photoshop..

Keli

Whitt Madden wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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>
>     >> <mailto: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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