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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken UK View Post
    Sorry if someone has already mentioned this but for me the biggest thing (even bigger than games) is specialised software which for me is mainly design software for engineering.

    AutoCAD is the most well known software package in that field, the other software isn't worth mentioning because people will not know it anyway, infact some of it is made by small companies locally.

    The problem is these companies don't support Linux at all which is understandable to an extent, they don't have the money to develop it to support a hand full of users.

    If I could run all the specialist software I need without problems (especially in my field of work) I wouldn't need Windows.
    +1 on specialist software. I would be ASTOUNDED if this ran under WINE: http://jeppesen.com/support/technica...2=JeppView%203
    It barely runs under Windows .

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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Does someone that needs windows software ever tries Crossover instead of wine?

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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Quote Originally Posted by walt.smith1960 View Post
    It barely runs under Windows .
    Exacty, most the software I use barely runs on windows stable nevermind another platform so its not going to happen anytime soon.

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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Quote Originally Posted by sanderd17 View Post
    Does someone that needs windows software ever tries Crossover instead of wine?
    I found it was a little bit better, and a little easier but did not run some Windows applications well enough for me.
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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Quote Originally Posted by sanderd17 View Post
    Does someone that needs windows software ever tries Crossover instead of wine?
    There are two versions of Crossover. One for gamers and one for business users. I got the FREE business version they were giving away a couple of years ago. They have kept it updated sporadically, but free.
    But, I find I really do not use it. Having found programs in Linux that do as well or better than the Windows programs.

    For the stuff that is touchy (such as plug ins for Adobe PS that I can not live without .. the Tiffen filter program is one), I have an old XP box that holds my photographic/graphics programs along with my PDA/GPS sync and my AV/midi studio programs (have to use that Windows based stuff in order to be able to exchange files (phone in my part.)

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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    I think this is the main limitation of Linux: a lot of commercial software wasn't written to run on Linux. For instance, games, professional software, hardware drivers (like winmodems).

    Notice that this limitation is not due to the features of Linux but is due to the fact that Windows is the most used Operative Systems.

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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    The bottom line is that if Linux did everything Windows did, Windows would be in the tank, because free vs paid is not even a question we have to ask ourselves.

    That's like asking if I'd like to pay for my gasoline. No, duhhh... But I don't see a decent free alternative at the moment.

    Gaming is #1, Photoshop #2, .NET framework #3 (although perhaps not as important on a standard PC), Silverlight #4 (like it or not, people need this - like my mom to fill out her time card at work, and Netflix).

    You don't get to question or argue the gaming issue. It is 100% the reason why some of the most avid Linux users still run Windows.

    DRM support still isn't there on Linux (and may never be), so your major broadcasters of TV over IP won't support it. The fault of Linux? Not necessarily, it's all about where the developer's bread is buttered.

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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Quote Originally Posted by majorpay View Post
    The bottom line is that if Linux did everything Windows did, Windows would be in the tank, because free vs paid is not even a question we have to ask ourselves.

    That's like asking if I'd like to pay for my gasoline. No, duhhh... But I don't see a decent free alternative at the moment.

    Gaming is #1, Photoshop #2, .NET framework #3 (although perhaps not as important on a standard PC), Silverlight #4 (like it or not, people need this - like my mom to fill out her time card at work, and Netflix).

    You don't get to question or argue the gaming issue. It is 100% the reason why some of the most avid Linux users still run Windows.

    DRM support still isn't there on Linux (and may never be), so your major broadcasters of TV over IP won't support it. The fault of Linux? Not necessarily, it's all about where the developer's bread is buttered.
    Really good summation! I would change Photoshop to just Adobe (in general). Lots of graphics shops use a lot more than just Photoshop, and you CAN get a decent handle on some older versions of that by running it inside Wine. Problem is that most pro photographers and advanced amateurs use MORE than just Photoshop and those Adobe programs and the plug ins for those programs will not work in Wine nor will they work in Crossover (YET .. who knows what is down the road?)

    Having said that, I use Linux about 95% of the time with the exception of those programs written for Windows that I find I need. And 99.9% of all on line activities. (Reasons: Adobe in the main .. some MIDI/audio stuff, PDA sync .. because the PDA/GPS runs a Windows OS, Intuit software because the ACCOUNTANT/banker/IRS requires it for file transferability, and MS Word.. same transferability issues.)
    And old XP box in the corner and networked works just fine for those purposes!
    Don't game, but do see the issues there, also.

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    Lightbulb Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    The GIMP and inkscape combined are almost as good as Photoshop
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    Re: What can Windows do that Linux can't?

    Quote Originally Posted by Robert Moyse View Post
    The GIMP and inkscape combined are almost as good as Photoshop
    Operative word ... "ALMOST" ... there are PLUG INS that will only work with Photo Shop (such as the Tiffen Filter program or Nikon Picture Project or Adobe Lightroom). But for the average point and shoot photographer, YES .. GIMP and Inkscape are MORE than enough.

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