What can Windows do that Linux can't?

[beew]

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.

Most people don't use PhotoShop anyway, you have people who use it thinking that the whole universe revolves around them so the fact that PS doesn't work on Linux seems to be a big deal, it is not.

PhotoShop is not a common software by any account. For many who do use it they use may be < 10% of the functions and most likely from unlicensed source (I don't use the word "pirated", there is no moral equivalence to killing people at high sea while robbing them) Who would pay $700 usd for something like that unless it is needed for professional work?

I am actually happy that PS is not available in Linux so that free Softwares like Gimp would have a chance to develop and mature, otherwise many people would be using unlicensed copies of PS and this would hurt FOSS development.

[el_koraco]

Gaming is #1

Of all the things Linux lacks, gaming is the least important one, since it matters only to gamers, who make up a tiny percentage of the computer population.

[Nyromith]

Of all the things Linux lacks, gaming is the least important one, since it matters only to gamers, who make up a tiny percentage of the computer population.

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You can say it about every weak point of Linux.
I think games can boost Linux popularity a lot.

[createdcreature]

There's no such thing as pirated GIMP.

[Lkm]

Plays DVDs.

Or at least, I haven't figured out how to do that on linux yet.

[chili555]

Plays DVDs.

Or at least, I haven't figured out how to do that on linux yet.

Open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

Open Movie Player or similar and enjoy.

Of course Ubuntu can play, rip, author, copy, burn, etc. DVDs!

[smilinggoomba]

Most people will prefer shooters and racing

That is NOT true. While many people like those games, many people also like platformer and puzzle games!

All that Windows has that Linux (Ubuntu) has is more apps, and more viruses.

[Dragonbite]

Most people will prefer shooters and racing games to puzzle games.

Angry Birds.

[Lucradia]

That is NOT true. While many people like those games, many people also like platformer and puzzle games!

All that Windows has that Linux (Ubuntu) has is more apps, and more viruses.

Any Trojan can infect any file on linux with a windows-based virus. Trojans can not be stopped unless you have a firewall to stop them, as they are not "malicious" software.

Anyway, I'd play more RPGs, if linux had any. (Not The Mana World, or Planeshift.)

Wish Eden Eternal would work with Wine.

[el_koraco]

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You can say it about every weak point of Linux.
I think games can boost Linux popularity a lot.

Nah, but AutoCAD, functioning graphics drivers and stuff could.