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Originally Posted by orangepeel
I found this too however I believe it's actually our pre-learned behaviour that's the problem. The whole hardware/driver model is completely different in *nix. Therefor our knowledge built from windows tends to be a hinderance. AFAIK there are no drivers as such. So when we run around looking for them we are wasting time  |
That still cuases a delay and forces you to go off and look for a solution to the issue that (at the time I tried it) Windows just quietly got on with solving by itself.
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Originally Posted by Steve
Win XP .... and doesn’t force me on a learning curve to remain productive.
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Originally Posted by orangepeel
I don't think you can use that as a comparison tbh. How many years have you spent building that Windows knowledgebase? Do you not think if you'd spent that time on Linux you'd probably find it just as easy?
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I absolutely agree with you, when I first was exposed to Windows I had a steep learning curve to go through, my point is not that but since I already have that knowledge why should I then have to devote effort and time to get back to the point of being productive? I am already at that stage with Windows. I really couldn’t care less if I am copying/pasting and storing my files, reading my emails and processing my photos on a Windows or a Linux OS, what I do care about is that it works and that I don’t have to spend time learning the OS before I can be productive again.
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Originally Posted by orangepeel
I think the moment Ubuntu works with my RAID card are 3 screens I'll be jumping ship.
Photography (software) aside, get yourself the latest ubuntu live cd. Boot from it. If it runs, it'll install. It's that simple.
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Yes I can see your point here, but again I will say that its certain that Linux cannot run all the software that I need to, and won’t play nicely (according to Silky) with my Canon printer, that means that I am forced to have Windows installed and there is absolutely no point in browsing the web, reading emails and writing word docs in a Linux environment and then having to boot into Windows to carry on my photography work. It is actually counter productive for me. Free or not, if it can’t do what I require I am forced to make other choices.