Hi there list. I used to be an adobe user, I even got certifications on PS, Ilustrator and InDesign. I'm also a hard core gamer, and I play for hours on end.
Since 2013 I'm on GNU/Linux, and since 2014 I'm using exclusively ubuntu studio. I have over 42 linux compatible games in Steam, and more and more titles are coming out every month (more so with steam machines). There's also a bunch of Open Source games, although not as polished as proprietary games, they are still a ton of fun (0 AD, UFO AI, SuperTuxKart, etc). Adobe software is very powerful and stable, yet I think that with training and perseverance GIMP, Inkscape, Blender and Scribus are as powerful as anything Adobe carries (Inkscape, imo, is way better than Ilustrator). Having said that, I don't think a moral or preachy approach to convince ppl of the power of Free and open Source software is useful, the best result's I've had is just showing off how much fun is the software and how many things you can do on Linux. I don't think Adobe tools or windows compatible games are a good reason to stay in Windows (or Mac), but sometimes it's hard to convince ppl, more so when they cling to what they are familiar with. So, where I'm going with this? I think that we just need to act cool and show around what we do with Ubuntu Studio and that that's argument enough. On 02/11/15 16:47, set wrote: > Amichai Rotman's friend said: > >> "I am sick of this POS OS i'd like you to install Ubuntu on my laptop, >> but I need to be able to use Adobe and my PC games on it." > > Amichai Rotman wrote: >> How to do it as _painless_ as possible? >> Should I use KVM or Virtualbox? > > I would dualboot if i was a gamer. I'm affraid i can't help you with > virtualbox or KVM. > >> Any pointers / ideas welcome! >> >> Thank you >> >> Amichai. > > I have helped many people to transfer to an open OS, *not* by making > them use open OS, but by making them use open tools. To my knowledge, > the only concrete differences between the adobe suit and the combo: > blender, gimp, inkscape, scribus, are a matter of GUI. Hence, > finaly,once they learn the tools, they find that the existing GNU/Linux > desktop running all these tools are perfectly suited for their creative > work. Because really, the creative work is in the tools and the user. > > By having worked with graphic design using ubuntustudio myself, i > believe a graphic designer will find _all_ the tools required for both > print and digital design. So my idea is to try learn your friend use the > tools available. :) > > > Librement yours, > Set Sakrecoer > -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
