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Ranging from scientific analyses to photo editing, and each with perhapsĪ dozen windows open. I have 6 desktops open with heavy computing and complex tasks running, I have traveledĪll over the US from the east to the west coast without rebooting, I am typing this on a laptop that was booted 32 days ago. That leads to impressiveįlexibility, as well as very good security and system stability. The reason Linux/Unix work well on so many devices, from phones, tablets,ĭesktops, business servers, web servers, to supercomputers is the The interface there is more different than is windows Learning curve than moving to linux mint with the

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Moving to windows 7 or 8 can also be a greater The learning curve to the mac interface is much It takes a couple of hours and they are off and productive. In my experience of teaching employees linux, is that Least learning curve for windows users moving to linux. Interface in my opinion is the closest to windows, so would have the

To choose the user interface unlike macs and windows. My colleague now uses Linux Mint with Mate. Linux Mint and Mint maintained the more traditional look and feel Unity and is a Mac user, said they took the worst of the Mac

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Look and feel for touch tablets-kind of like windows 8 a couple of Many hated Unity, as it seemed a strange version of Macs with hooks and Version 11 (in 2011) changed to what they called the Unity interface. Gnome interface, looked a lot like windows. Ubuntu, which really made linux on the desktop popular with the Is programmable so if you really like that, you can have it, or Monitors just to get to a menu function? With linux all that (about 6 feet) to the upper left corner of my dual 30-inch Lower right corner, should I have to move the mouse 2 meters Why for example, when I am working on a window in the I wanted.) I do not like the mac interface, especially the global Thought was basically OK even though it lacked some functionality (remember I came to the linux desktop from windows XP, which I Ubuntu linux with a more traditional (MS windows like) interface,īut one that makes more sense and is more functional in my opinion I use Linux Mint with the Mate interface. Linux on the desktop has most of the same resources. The web, so special applications are no longer needed. People are finding enough applications on tablets that

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The very fact that windows PC sales are down shows that many And there are hundreds of photo applications availableįor free-just your time to test them out. And many application programs thatĪre free open source were pretty immature a few years ago,īut are now very capable and in some they surpass commercial In terms of functionality and is moving ahead at Then circa 2010 linux was similar in capability Perhaps 7 or so years ago I would have said linux was not readyįor the masses. With the idea of locking users in with a proprietary system, Original business plan was to migrate to unix, but they changed Than apple's mac, which is different than tivo). Many spacecraft are controlled by linux/unix.īut on top of linux is the user interface (e.g. Many devices with embedded computersĪre run by linux. Most webĪnd other business servers are linux and unix. The US phone system is unix (maybe now also linux).Īlmost all supercomputers are linux with a few unix.

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Licensing costs at the time (1990s?), but to the same specificationsĪs unix, so code can be transported between all unix and linuxįlavors with little to no changes. Linux was written independently in part to avoid growing high Long before PCs (MSDOS and windows) and was sold by AT&T to Novel Let me first start with some background for those who may readīut are unfamiliar with the linux/unix world.

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Calibrating Your Monitor and Color Management.Īll images, text and data on this site are copyrighted.

Astrophotography Post Processing with RawTherapee (and regular photography).

Part X: MS Windows versus Linux Resource Availability.

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Part 3: Linux MINT Post Install Software Installation commands/script.

Part 1: Introduction to Linux Mint Mate (YOU ARE HERE).

System on desktops and laptops for photographers as well as for general use. Introduction to Linux Mint and why Linux can be a great operating