No, linux-xp is definitely a modified version of linux to look like windows. It's still linux underneath.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 20, 2007 3:26 PM, Keli of Coxsackie <<a href="mailto:keli@parchmentpress.net">
keli@parchmentpress.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><a href="http://www.linux-xp.com" target="_blank">
http://www.linux-xp.com</a><br><br>Would that work for me?<br><br>Keli<br><br>Keli of Coxsackie wrote:<br>> that is what I thought!<br>><br>> For now - I use as much Open Source as I can...play with Linux...<br>>
<br>> If you hear of anything let me know though...<br>><br>> Keli<br>><br>> Whitt Madden wrote:<br>><br>>> I agree that there is no Adobe alternative on linux. You may find<br>>> that there are tutorials to get some of the apps working, but they
<br>>> will not do so, without some serious time involved getting it set up.<br>>> Even then, there are no guarantees. VMware is free as well, and I've<br>>> heard a lot of good things about virtualbox, but if you have to run an
<br>>> OS in a virtual desktop to do most of your work, it would definitely<br>>> be defeating the purpose.<br>>><br>>> On Nov 20, 2007 2:54 PM, Timothy Butler <<a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz">
tbutler@ofb.biz</a><br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:tbutler@ofb.biz">tbutler@ofb.biz</a>>> wrote:<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> On Nov 20, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Keli of Coxsackie wrote:<br>>>
<br>>> > Well - I am on a network and I print to Xerox Workcentre 7655 and a<br>>> > Doc<br>>> > 12 and a Document Centre 440 St and a Phaser 8560 and so I would<br>>> > firstly
<br>>> > need to be able to access my working pdfs on the network and print<br>>> > them..<br>>> > ALSO.. since I work with pdfs I need the ability to manipulate<br>>> the pdf
<br>>> > and impose when needed into booklet or impose for business<br>>> cards... I<br>>> > use adobe and would love to get away from them.. I know GIMP is<br>>> a good<br>>> > Photoshop alternative (or even Gimpshop) and Scribus is decent as a
<br>>> > layout program although I have hundreds of indesign layouts that I<br>>> > still<br>>> > need to keep using.<br>>><br>>><br>>> There's nothing of the caliber of Adobe Creative Suite for
<br>>> Linux, if<br>>> you really utilize it, which it sounds like you do. Your best bet is<br>>> to go with running a virtualized copy of Windows in VMware, Win4Lin,<br>>> or QEMU (the latter is free). That's the only way you'll get perfect
<br>>> Windows compatibility, and unfortunately, unlike on the Mac, they<br>>> have not come up with a rootless virtualizer that allows the windows<br>>> apps to intermingle with native apps. You could try CrossOver Office,
<br>>> but that is unlikely to fit the bill if you use Creative Suite a lot.<br>>><br>>> The other alternative is to get a Mac. :-) You get most of the<br>>> benefits of Linux, plus you have native versions of Adobe.
<br>>><br>>><br>>> -Tim<br>>><br>>> ---<br>>> Timothy R. Butler | "Into this Universe, and why not knowing,<br>>> Editor, OFB.biz | Nor whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:
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