[CS-FSLUG] Mac to Linux: Bible Software

[Fred A. Miller]

Timothy Butler wrote:
> Hi guys,
>     Especially since we have several people making the move to Linux
> from Mac on here, I'm wondering what you guys are using for Bible
> software? Thinking about Jason's transition, I was thinking about what I
> would need to do if I wanted to switch back to Linux as well (I'm not
> switching, in case you are wondering, but hypothetically).

He's thinking about boys and girls....he's thinking about it. ;)

I'm using Bibletime.

>     Basically there are two things that seem like big stumbling blocks
> for myself, maybe three or four.[1] The biggest, perhaps, is Photoshop.
> GIMP is nice, but Photoshop it ain't. But everyone knows about the
> discussion on Photoshop. What about Bible software. One thing I
> struggled with the whole time I was on Linux, and this was before I
> became nearly as dependent on Bible software as I am now, is that
> SWORD-based Bible software lacks a lot of key ingredients -- major
> modern translations (ESV, NIV, NRSV are the ones I depend on for
> seminary work, NLT and TNIV sometimes for other stuff), scholarly Greek
> manuscripts, or even unscholarly manuscripts with accents, lack of
> quality scholarly lexicons, and the like. I know we have some scholars
> on here, what do you use?
> 
>     I've fallen in love with Accordance over the last year, and bought a
> lot of great modules for it. I similarly know a lot of Windows folks who
> love Logos... (which is coming to the Mac, it'd be nice if they'd
> support Linux too and create a true cross-platform offering.) SWORD is
> nice, but I never found it all that much better for my own purposes than
> using a site like Bible Gateway.
> 
>     Thoughts?

Some things aren't available for Linux and you have to use other
sources. I know of others who do just that.

Fred

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