Re: "Best" distro, Adobe

[Paul Verizzo]

Hi, William.  I tried to convey what I meant by "Best."  Rinus "got
it."   What I meant was a flawless installation on Virtual Box, for
starters.  Then E-Z access to both of my partitions w/o doing cryptic
command line things as needed in Ubuntu/Mint/Wubi.  Those two things are
pretty objective and quantifiable.  The most subjective is the look and
feel, the layout, the ability to intuit what comes next, how to get
"there."   So, I'll stand by "best," but I certainly acknowledge that my
best may not be other's best.  I was also encouraging users to get out
of their comfort zone if they've not tried pclos as it's not one of the
big players.

Another example of a dud distro was kubuntu.  Clun-kee!  No flyout
menus, every subcategory required another click, and then the same to
back out to the main menu!  Wow.

Rinus, re Adobe, YES!!!!  Lord, I hate that company's products!  Even
the standard PDF reader is bloat ware (I use lightweight, more featured,
free Foxit Reader.)  I have never found Photoshop, or for that matter,
other programs like their Pagemaker intuitive.  Menu categories, terms.
I guess I did not get the Adobe gene.  And now, as evidenced by the
Photoshop Elements 8 that came with my big Canon printer, they are in
love with hard to read gray fonts on black backgrounds!  One of the BIG
reasons I love digiKam!  Easy to read and see things!  Wow, what  a
concept.  <snark> Adobe is more concerned with being "cool," I guess,
than function.  And with every boot of Elements, it wants you to get
married, i.e., register. The Organizer has no options about folders.  
You do it THEIR way, not yours.  Eff that!   I do NOT understand how
Adobe took over the pro graphics marketplace by any objective standard.

Mi tres centavos.....

Paul

> Hi Paul,
>
> There is probably no 'best OS'. People use different OSs for different
> reasons. Individuals coming from a Windows environment wish to have a
> similar OS in Linux. They expect LibreOffice to work just as MS Word (Is
> that not an arrogant assumption? Similar applications in different OSs
> often have different approaches towards achieving the same thing with
> your data or documents). Linux is strong because it gives different
> things to individuals with different needs. For GUI-bound individuals,
> Ubuntu and derivatives (e.g. Kubuntu, Mint) have found common
> acceptance. For more technically minded persons, the above may not
> appear optimal and they would choose another Linux variant. The Linux
> community graphically showcases the degree of flexibility in using
> computers that the 'large' OSs like Windows and OS/X cannot even get
> near to. If PCLOS is best for your purpose, great. Keep your mind open
> to the broader open source community. Do not become involved in turf
> wars about what is the 'best' OS. We are all working together to make
> Linux and reliable open source software available for as many users as
> possible.
> Kind regards,
> willem ferguson
>  
> Hi Willem,
> The man is just giving some opinion in his own particular way. Notthing
> wrong with that. See how much attention he attracts. I love it!
>
> Digikam is the best, sorry adobe.
> Best
> Rinus
>  
>

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[Willem Ferguson]

Paul,

I am waving a white flag. There are many issues. If you think distro's
are contentious, just consider the issues of Gnome 3 and KDE. I hope you
perceive we are partners. I have a hangup about always preaching against
imperialism/provincialism in the Linux world. This comes after seeing so
much conflict at all levels, even between Redhat and Canonical.

At a different level, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the
DigiKam crowd for the amount of time and energy being put into the
development of this software. It is a role model in collaborative open
source development.

Kind regards,
Willem



On 20/09/2011 16:44, Paul Verizzo wrote:

>
> Hi, William.  I tried to convey what I meant by "Best."  Rinus "got
> it."   What I meant was a flawless installation on Virtual Box, for
> starters.  Then E-Z access to both of my partitions w/o doing cryptic
> command line things as needed in Ubuntu/Mint/Wubi.  Those two things
> are pretty objective and quantifiable.  The most subjective is the
> look and feel, the layout, the ability to intuit what comes next, how
> to get "there."   So, I'll stand by "best," but I certainly
> acknowledge that my best may not be other's best.  I was also
> encouraging users to get out of their comfort zone if they've not
> tried pclos as it's not one of the big players.
> Another example of a dud distro was kubuntu.  Clun-kee!  No flyout
> menus, every subcategory required another click, and then the same to
> back out to the main menu!  Wow.
>
> Rinus, re Adobe, YES!!!!  Lord, I hate that company's products!  Even
> the standard PDF reader is bloat ware (I use lightweight, more
> featured, free Foxit Reader.)  I have never found Photoshop, or for
> that matter, other programs like their Pagemaker intuitive.  Menu
> categories, terms. I guess I did not get the Adobe gene.  And now, as
> evidenced by the Photoshop Elements 8 that came with my big Canon
> printer, they are in love with hard to read gray fonts on black
> backgrounds!  One of the BIG reasons I love digiKam!  Easy to read and
> see things!  Wow, what  a concept. <snark> Adobe is more concerned
> with being "cool," I guess, than function.  And with every boot of
> Elements, it wants you to get married, i.e., register. The Organizer
> has no options about folders.  You do it THEIR way, not yours.  Eff
> that!   I do NOT understand how Adobe took over the pro graphics
> marketplace by any objective standard.
> Mi tres centavos.....
>
> Paul

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