Screw the EULA's and lets talk Vista being a big fat hog

photodoug

Shay Stephens wrote:

I have spent some time with Ubuntu linux, and expect to completely switch over to it some time early next year.

I've got Ubuntu on my plate also. What's your photo-workflow on Linux?

Art Scott

Shay Stephens wrote:

I have spent some time with Ubuntu linux, and expect to completely switch over to it some time early next year.

Why are you waiting for the change over???? Is it due to Ubuntu's inability to properly run all functions of PS???

I was looking at Xandros but it will only partially run PS7 but NOT CS......:cry This was from an email from Xandros.

Shay Stephens

Currently in Ubuntu, I am running bibble for the raw editing, and photoshop 7 for the batch processing of images. I use PS actions to create my galleries, album stuff, etc, so being able to automate some of the processing is important to me. If I can find a substitute for Photoshop that will do that I will be very happy :-).

So part of the work I am doing is just finding the right pieces of software to do what I need. My current investigations are along the lines of slideshow creation. In windows I am using Memories on TV 3. I can't get it to run reliably under wine or crossover office, so I am looking for a native linux app that will do a similar job. I just have not had time to delve into that aspect.

But over the winter, I have some time off and will be able to put it all together, and should be experienced enough with it to start using it 100% for next season without taking a performance hit in how much work I can ouput per week.

Shay Stephens

Art Scott wrote:

I was looking at Xandros but it will only partially run PS7 but NOT CS......:cry This was from an email from Xandros.

I have Photoshop 7 running pretty flawlessly in Ubuntu. I tried everything and the only thing that nails it is installing it with crossover office. Crossover Office costs 40 bucks and version 6 is just about out, and it also helps support wine development, so it is a win/win.

Try the trial version.

DavidTO

Shay Stephens wrote:

I have Photoshop 7 running pretty flawlessly in Ubuntu. I tried everything and the only thing that nails it is installing it with crossover office. Crossover Office costs 40 bucks and version 6 is just about out, and it also helps support wine development, so it is a win/win.

Try the trial version.

Crossover Mac is in beta, and I can't get it to work at all. Being in beta there's no support, so I'm going to give it a shot when it hits official release. Hopefully I can get it running "flawlessly", too.

Shay Stephens

DavidTO wrote:

Crossover Mac is in beta, and I can't get it to work at all. Being in beta there's no support, so I'm going to give it a shot when it hits official release. Hopefully I can get it running "flawlessly", too.

With crossover, it won't necessarily run any windows app, there are some, such as Photoshop 7 that do, but anything not on their "gold" list might be hit and miss. It really depends on the app.

DavidTO

Shay Stephens wrote:

With crossover, it won't necessarily run any windows app, there are some, such as Photoshop 7 that do, but anything not on their "gold" list might be hit and miss. It really depends on the app.

I tried both an unsupported app and IE6, the latter just to see if anything at all would work.

Shay Stephens

DavidTO wrote:

I tried both an unsupported app and IE6, the latter just to see if anything at all would work.

Hmm, the non-beta version runs IE fine in linux, so maybe its just a beta thing. Try it again when it gets out of beta. I would expect IE6 to run.

bwg

ExposeTheMoment wrote:

WOW 2176. I just got my new Dell XPS 410 with the following.
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6600 (2.4GHz,1066FSB) with 4MB cache
4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
250GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Dell 13 in 1 Media Card Reader
3.5in Floppy Drive
48X Combo and 16X DVD+/-RW

Thats just the main stuff total 1,484

I upgrade my video card on my own with 512MB ram for 200.00

The Inspiron he got is a notebook...so it's gonna be more expensive than a desktop.

JBurt

ChrisJ wrote:

Once Vista is released into the wild, and all of the major bugs have been thrashed out... then I'll start to consider it, maybe 2008?

Ha ha ha ha... That's what I did with XP. It was 98se until I finally needed more RAM then I opted for XP pro. About 2 years ago. XP is doing just fine I don't need Vista.

photobug

Blurmore wrote:

I want [an OS] that does 3 things....acts as a framework in which to run programs, keeps out or at least does not advertise to security threats, and 3 gets the hell out of my way.

I didn't realize there were Operating System politics, but if there are, you're certainly in the OS "Republican" camp .

(I with the heck that all our favorite apps -- Adobe, are you listening? -- were supported on a commercial-grade/free OS like Solaris ... or second to that, Linux)

Andy

David_S85 wrote:

Steve, does Vista have emulation modes for legacy software like XP does? I can set up older software on my XP to run as they did in 95, 98, 2000, or XP.

Don't you still have a bunch of DOS programs from 1988 that you are running

David_S85

Andy wrote:

Don't you still have a bunch of DOS programs from 1988 that you are running

MontyPythonSketch wrote:

M: Look, I CAME HERE FOR AN ARGUMENT, I'm not going to just stand...!!
Q: OH, oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse.
M: Oh, I see, well, that explains it.
Q: Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor.
M: Oh, Thank you very much. Sorry.
Q: Not at all.
M: Thank You.
(Under his breath) Stupid git!!

Will this abuse never end? And to think I ordered Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium only today no less. Isn't that evidence enough that I'm not living back in the 80's? I sure hope it installs well on my WIN3.1 system . I'm thinking of writing a small .BAT file in EDLIN to launch it.