Actually I meant "I'm sorry" to the forum since the sentence was a bit direct.
>The first 90% of GIMP has been ported to GEGL, the new core.
Well, that's interesting. They continue to chase and that's good but Photoshop isn't staying still. By the time they get moved over to GEGL Photoshop will probably be on CS6 which is a whole new, improved interface. Adobe already has deblurring working in the labs (wouldn't expect it before a CS6.5 though).
>Linux is less likely to appeal to conservative people.
No, I think the difference is: the people I spend most of my time with aren't conservative but they're busy. They need a computer to just work and not require reading online, touching config files, etc. The computer should be as invisible as possible. Even today, that still makes Linux a no-go.
>Linux appeals more to power users and various enthusiasts, while OSX - hard to say as I know no one using it.
Well, I'm a software developer and am pretty comfortable with unix administration but I got a mac (switched from Windows) because I just don't have time for mess with the computer. Between my job, commute and family there is no time to work on problems I don't care about (e.g. getting the wireless driver to work).
>Convenient package management, and a culture of it.
This is the main advantage Linux has over other platforms at the moment, but Steam has nothing to do with that.
>It's almost like no two people use the same Linux distro
I personally think this has hurt Linux desktop adoption and keeps it mostly with an audience who is willing to spend time on such things (i.e. never the mainstream).
> I admit many Debian users act arrogant and grumpy, but I consider these flaws less annoying.
I run Debian on my servers since I trust their test cycle more, like their installer and hate RPM (I recently tried Fedora again but it would have taken me more time to remove all the packages I didn't want than to just install Debian).
> They continue to chase and that's good but Photoshop isn't staying still. By the time they get moved over to GEGL Photoshop will probably be on CS6 which is a whole new, improved interface.
So what? GIMP is still an extremely powerful tool. I used to be a Photoshop proponent but once you realize how GIMP can easily be extended and tweaked it's a fantastic program. Its interface is not that horrible, by the way. First, it's better to use keyboard shortcuts for several tools, and second it's not because it's different from Photoshop it's necessarily bad. You need to work in a different way using GIMP, but you can get results just as good.
Actually I meant "I'm sorry" to the forum since the sentence was a bit direct.
>The first 90% of GIMP has been ported to GEGL, the new core.
Well, that's interesting. They continue to chase and that's good but Photoshop isn't staying still. By the time they get moved over to GEGL Photoshop will probably be on CS6 which is a whole new, improved interface. Adobe already has deblurring working in the labs (wouldn't expect it before a CS6.5 though).
>Linux is less likely to appeal to conservative people.
No, I think the difference is: the people I spend most of my time with aren't conservative but they're busy. They need a computer to just work and not require reading online, touching config files, etc. The computer should be as invisible as possible. Even today, that still makes Linux a no-go.
>Linux appeals more to power users and various enthusiasts, while OSX - hard to say as I know no one using it.
Well, I'm a software developer and am pretty comfortable with unix administration but I got a mac (switched from Windows) because I just don't have time for mess with the computer. Between my job, commute and family there is no time to work on problems I don't care about (e.g. getting the wireless driver to work).
>Convenient package management, and a culture of it.
This is the main advantage Linux has over other platforms at the moment, but Steam has nothing to do with that.
>It's almost like no two people use the same Linux distro
I personally think this has hurt Linux desktop adoption and keeps it mostly with an audience who is willing to spend time on such things (i.e. never the mainstream).
> I admit many Debian users act arrogant and grumpy, but I consider these flaws less annoying.
I run Debian on my servers since I trust their test cycle more, like their installer and hate RPM (I recently tried Fedora again but it would have taken me more time to remove all the packages I didn't want than to just install Debian).