![]() ![]() When they finally get most of the features in PhotoShop CS copied, PhotoShop will have advanced by another couple versions. ![]() GIMP will always be playing catchup to PhotoShop. But the part that sucks is having to do that search having to test the dozen or so apps to see if anything comes close to what you’ve been using all along. So, for some people sure if they search they can find something that might be close to what they want. People use their computers for stuff other than surfing, music, finances and e-mail. Print Shop, Calendar Creator, Card Creator softwareĪ good desktop publishing application for the community newsletter Software that teaches Spanish, French, Italian, etc. Software to manage your Will or other legal documents The Master Cook series which has a couple CD’s worth of Betty Crocker cookbooks, popular with some of the people in my classes along with other recipe software. Plus you have the little applications that have no good counterpart under Linux because some geek isn’t going to use his free time to create it. (Sodipodi is not in league with these apps) Illustrator, FreeHand, Canvas, Corel Draw for vector work. (Maya is on Linux but costs a lot and for some basic work is overkill compared to other apps, Blender 3D is not comparable to the items listed) I teach computer classes on the weekend, and there are lots of application out there people use that don’t have anything comparable on Linux:ģD Studio Max, Lightwave, Bryce, Amapi, Vue D’Sprit for 3D work. Plus their web site offers lots of information that will display within the application itself. Synching up with your bank so you don’t have to manually go in and reconcile your account. You get ’s web site you can synch up with when you start up the application downloading the days stock quotes and other asset related information, updating all the info in your portfolio. When you use an application like Quicken you get more than just some replacement for a Checkbook register. Plus the thing to always remember is GIMP will always be playing catchup to PhotoShop. GIMP is no where near as good as PhotoShop for the hard core PhotoShop user. ![]() At the same time Linux advocates are always throwing out the same alternatives which are no where near as good as the Windows/Mac apps they try to copy. ![]()
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