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DATE | 2014-09-07 |
FROM | Paul Robert Marino
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Get_Started_With_Scribus:1
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Im still running a Linux desktop for the most part. and I really like XFCE I just wish more people used it because its got a good balance between features you really will use and efficient usage of system resources. I origianlly was using XFCE on my first generation EEEPC but liked it so much I switched all my other desktops shortly afterward and haven't looked back since.
On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Ron Guerin wrote: > On 9/7/2014 11:30 AM, Paul Robert Marino wrote: >> Quark is dead you only ever see it on very old computers. >> as far as illustrator its just not there yet I wish it was but its >> just not. That said its starting to get closer but it still has a long >> way to go. >> the big selling point is its free speech software and has all of the >> good things that come with using free speech software. > > I use it, and like it. But I doubt it's better than the proprietary > stuff in any way. If it is, I wouldn't mind hearing about that. I > think though that's beside the point, because people running Macs and > Windows either bought or pirated the proprietary stuff they use (at > work) and aren't interested in something else (which if it's work > related is understandable). It's mostly the shrinking number of us that > use Linux desktops who need to know that it's usable now. > > As far as advocacy goes, I agree that its main feature is that it's Free > Software, and should be pitched as part of a Free Software desktop. > Standalone though, nobody's going to switch desktops for it. > > I am becoming worried that the day is coming when there won't be a Linux > desktop anymore. Nearly all the people I know who used to run one uses > a Mac now, and the people who are left are doing abominable things like > Gnome3, which seems to be a plot to get people to stop using Linux desktops. > > - Ron > > -- > Twitter: http://twitter.com/theinfoministry > > Join the NY Metro Area Tech Discussion! > http://lists.luny.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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