On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 22:28:54 +0000 (UTC) "sctvguy1"
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On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:01:57 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:

"sctvguy1" wrote in message ...

I dropped Windows years ago. Run Linux. No problems.

Does Linux run Word? Ventura? Photoshop? Interface with my AIBO? LEGOs?
Canon and Epson scanners?

Over the years, I have had little trouble with Windows. Contrary to what
some people might think, it is not scarier than blueberry pancakes.

I run Libre/Open Office which has the same functions as Word, and the
same basic interfaces. Also, imports Word documents and reads them.
Same for the other parts of the Microsoft Office suite.
As for Photoshop, there is GIMP, a clone for Linux that is FREE. It has
the same power as Photoshop.
As for laser/inkjet printers, no real problems. I have run HP and am
presently running Brother laser printers(HL-1440). I also run Canon LiDE
20 and 35 scanners, no problems.
Just pick a linux distro from someplace like distrowatch.com, burn it to
DVD or CD, and run it live, see if it works for you.

GIMP's ok - I've used it quite a bit, but I use Photoshop almost every
day and GIMP is by no means a clone.

I have Linux on one machine here and use it for tinkering. If some of the
major Windows apps ran on it I'd happily toss Windoze, but they don't.

Lots of Adobe customers have asked for Linux versions. There actually was
an early version of Photoshop for Unix, but the Adobe developers
concluded that X wasn't an adequate windowing platform and gave up rather
than develop their own. Now that the Adobe products are subscription-
based you'd have to get Adobe to port not only the applications but the
Creative Cloud manager to Linux. They seem not to be interested :-(