Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 24, 2006 11:52 PM
As the teacher mentioned, these courses are introductions to the world of graphic art. Linux design software covers this base for sure. And, in case you weren't able to read it, the students saved boatloads of money AND could install the same software on their home computers legally. Go ahead and stick with your world of windows viruses and forced Mac OS X upgrades. Tell me, how long is your wonderful G4 going to be compatible now that Mac switched to Intel? Don't worry, you can always install Linux on it!
I'm a designer and I use GIMP instead of Photoshop all the time. One, because I don't have to steal it in order to use it. Two, because it opens and saves to more file formats than Photoshop. And three, Script Fu is the best resource I've ever encountered with tons of totally free add-on scripts that extend GIMP's capabilities ten-fold.
And your biased report on computation times is way off. Nothing has ever taken 15 minutes for me in GIMP on Linux. In fact, my home Linux box beats the new Tiger OS hands down. Tell me, why do upgrades in Windows and Mac OS always run slower? Doesn't it annoy you that they just expect you buy more and more memory instead of streamlining software like the Linux community does? It annoys me.
By the way, welcome to the new software world where it pays to learn multiple Operating Systems. I use 3 myself; Windows XP, Mac OS X, and SUSE Linux. And I know that Linux is perfect for students; its cheap, stable, secure, and supported by a wonderful community of fellow users.
You can go ahead and shell out thousands of dollars on licensing (or steal the proprietary software) while the rest of us contribute to developing these wonderful Open Source tools by using them. We'll let the coporations spend all the money on the proprietary software while helping students to learn design techniques without having to take on even more debt.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 24, 2006 11:52 PMI'm a designer and I use GIMP instead of Photoshop all the time. One, because I don't have to steal it in order to use it. Two, because it opens and saves to more file formats than Photoshop. And three, Script Fu is the best resource I've ever encountered with tons of totally free add-on scripts that extend GIMP's capabilities ten-fold.
And your biased report on computation times is way off. Nothing has ever taken 15 minutes for me in GIMP on Linux. In fact, my home Linux box beats the new Tiger OS hands down. Tell me, why do upgrades in Windows and Mac OS always run slower? Doesn't it annoy you that they just expect you buy more and more memory instead of streamlining software like the Linux community does? It annoys me.
By the way, welcome to the new software world where it pays to learn multiple Operating Systems. I use 3 myself; Windows XP, Mac OS X, and SUSE Linux. And I know that Linux is perfect for students; its cheap, stable, secure, and supported by a wonderful community of fellow users.
You can go ahead and shell out thousands of dollars on licensing (or steal the proprietary software) while the rest of us contribute to developing these wonderful Open Source tools by using them. We'll let the coporations spend all the money on the proprietary software while helping students to learn design techniques without having to take on even more debt.
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