[luau] Dvorak: Is Linux your Next OS?

[Ray Strode]

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>The consensus of professional graphic designers is that GIMP is not as good
>as Photoshop.  Either GIMP must be improved, or (as Dvorak thinks) Adobe
>must release a Linux version of Photoshop for graphic designers to accept
>the Linux desktop.
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I don't disagree.  I'm just saying that GIMP supports MDI and has an 
interface similar to Photoshop.

You were criticizing GIMP because it's interface isn't like Photoshop, 
but it is!  From a functional point of view, they are completely 
different beasts, but from an ui point of view, they are very similar.

>I really don't think so.  I think at least this should be an option in order
>to give more interface familiarity to Photoshop users.  If you don't like
>GIMP "Photoshop Mode" then turn it off.
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You think it should have Window-in-Window MDI?  There have been many, 
many flamewars^W discussions about W-in-W MDI on the various GTK+/GNOME 
lists. Eventually most people think it's really awful from a usable UI 
point of view.  I'm all for adding hints to ease people into 
tranistions, but bad UI shouldn't be mimiced, imo.  I don't think the 
Mac version of Photoshop has W-in-W MDI.  It uses some other more 
sensible form of MDI, iirc.  Any graphics artists out there can verify 
that for me?

>Have you even tried it?  I don't think I am exaggerating at all when I say
>"improved in all respects".
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No, but does it have a new version of rpm? Does it have better FHS 
support?  Any support to make it match LSB better?  Does it support more 
architectures?  I'm just saying there are always more areas that can be 
improved and there is no way that a product can improve in "all 
respects", because there are infinitely many.  My real point wasn't that 
specific sentence, but just the whole theme of your email.  It sounded 
to me like Dvorak was writing the email and not you.

>I think his reasons are valid in "Acceptance of the Linux Desktop", but not
>necessarily other reasons.  Yes, he is a clueless pundit that doesn't
>understand the Open Source or Free Software motives, but think about it this
>way... he's writing from their perspective, and those people are who we want
>to eventually convince that the Linux desktop is good.
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Well it's a Free OS so anyone can use it who likes, and I suppose it's 
good that even nay-sayers are getting into the OS now.  I don't 
necessarily agree with your statement that Dvorak speaks from the 
perspective of all nay-sayers tho.  Everyone has their own reasons for 
feeling the way they do about things.

Interesting that now you say the Linux desktop is good, when in previous 
mails you were saying it wasn't.  Sounds like you are wearing off from 
the Dvorak drug :-)

wb,

--Ray