![]() ![]() ![]() (As a counter example creative types learned to not do a Mac OS X major upgrade for 6 months to a year after Apple released it: Adobe Creative Suite apps would break. There is a thin layer that deals with the OS. ![]() This makes later maintenance much easier - the main codebase is OS independent. Linux is different enough that it forces developers to separate their software from the operating system. The tools are world class, and largely free. Linux is a good environment for prototyping. I used it for decades as a system administrator as, at the time it was the only way I could easily have a terminal screen on 30 different servers.) You’ll feel right at home in no time and you’ll. If you are really hankering after the Photoshop UI then go play with Gimpshop. It’s a great piece of software that’s simply different to Photoshop. Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system. 4? 5? times the market?įor a mac or windows linux desktops are a tiny market - about 1.6% (Linux is used in large numbers for servers, but you have to be pretty geeky to use is as a desktop. Linux users Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Slackware, Red Hat, whatever you use, just use the GIMP. The advantages are clear: you get a securesystem without DRM restrictions. For a Mac company to port to windows is a good idea: It multiplies their market by a factor of 6 or 7 (81% vs 13%), although given the relative prominence of macs in the creative community, probably a smaller factor than that. The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 17 (Qiana) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. ![]()
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