sctvguy1 wrote:

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.

That is disupted by several excellent photogs I know, though they say
it's close.

One has said this is fully equivalent:

http://www.pl32.com/

I've been using it buy needs, and skills, are paltry. It is much easier
for a non-geek to manage that is GIMP, which I used for several years
before finding Photoline.

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.


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