spinynorman Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 DesktopLinux reports on the Novell poll asking Linux users which Windows/Mac apps they'd most like to see running on their machines. I was waiting for the final results, but apparently they're going to collect data for a year, so there's plenty of time for you to complete the survey. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 I'm surprised actually. Although many photoshop fanatics (and professionals) just can't manage with the GIMP, I'd also have thought they were unlikely to be using Linux anyway and even more unlikely to fill out this survey. TBH, I bought a Mac so I can use Photoshop/Illustrator whilst still having a UNIX-based OS (amongst other reasons :D ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Hmmm.... I've used both and prefer the GIMP. But I'm no pro. ... and I also have Mac :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 The only way I see preferring Photoshop over Gimp are the .8bf plugins, and not the application itself- actually the current gimp-svn look quite like Photoshop! I'm also surprised, as all Linux OCR software sucks bigtime, there's nothing analogous to Visio, and Scribus is still a poor relative of Quark and InDesign- but Gimp has little to envy from Photoshop and PaintShop. I don't have a MAC, and probably I will never have, but I do have a VMWare license... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 I don't have a MAC, and probably I will never have You almost certainly do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 You almost certainly do I do have a few MAC addresses on my NIC's, but that's all... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilcal Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 DesktopLinux reports on the Novell poll asking Linux users which Windows/Mac apps they'd most like to see running on their machines.I was waiting for the final results, but apparently they're going to collect data for a year, so there's plenty of time for you to complete the survey. :) I actually read that report end to end several times and I think there's some important messages here. One message is that M$ is still #1 in the desktop arena regardless of the quality of their platform and applications. The second message is that so many people use these applications in M$ that they are unwilling or are uncomfortable with considering anything else. I'm no Photoshop expert but I work amongst a whole bunch of Linux users many of them Graphic artists. We had to set up many of our Linux Workstations with Wine so that they could use Photoshop instead of GIMP. Not that one is better or equal to the other it's just that M$ Photoshop is so pervasive that's it's hard to change anyones habits. Pick up a class roster from any Community College, Tech School or University. Look at the lineup of what applications are being taught and on what. Do you see any courses on GIMP?. Do you see any Course on using Linux anything? There's the real message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polemicz Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 There are big big differences between Gimp and Photoshop for professional graphics folks, such as colors and grays. For most of us they probably don't matter, but for others they are critical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Good job I don't use any colors or grays in my stuff then :D What about swf-authoring software, is there no demand for that? Unless there's a killer swf-maker for linux that I don't know about?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 What about swf-authoring software, is there no demand for that? Unless there's a killer swf-maker for linux that I don't know about?? The only one I know is OpenOffice 2, which does quite decent editing, but it has limited options when coming to .swf making... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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