I thought it might be good to start a thread here on this to allow the other thread for the discussion about python. Please this is not a"my operating system is better than yours" kind of thing.
I, like Jamie and Joseph plus, am running a dual boot system with Mepis Linux and Windows XP on one drive. I have another drive for backups.
I think it comes down to preference on the operating systems. Which ever one you like is the one you should use. I have found limitations to both. Windows is sometimes very intuitive and does things for you that Linux does not. That is sometimes very good and other times very bad as it "assumes" it Knows what you want to do and that is not always the case. I perticularly hate the way it keeps popping up a window when "it" wants to download updates.
The biggest draw back I have found in Linux for me is that other companies like Canon and Photoshop do not recognize it and do not make products to work with it. The photoshop has a work around in Whine but I haven't found it to work well with my Canon camera as yet.
Personally, I prefer the Linux environment much more than Windows and would rather stay on that side of the Hard drive but, because of some of those issues mentioned, I find myself going back and forth.
Much like Joseph plus, I like the free software and the fact that the developers who put this all together do so without making millions of dollars to do so. That tells me they Love what they are doing and do it with a passion. I also like the fact that I can customize what I need on my OS rather than take whatever the package has to offer and if I want the other things I have to buy it in another package, which will most likely have other things I don't need in there too.
I am no computer geek by any means, which at one time, you had to be to run Linux. It has come along way, However, I have had to learn some things to make it do what I want. There are, however, many sites with the people who do usually know how it's done and whom are very willing to help out newbies like me.
But alas, it just comes down to preference as to what you like and are comfortable with. Many people will never leave Windows because that is what they are "comfortable" with and that is fine. There are those, like me, who wish Linux did it all and maybe someday it will. Then there are those , who will run Linux because they have the understanding to make it do much more than most of us can imagine. What ever your preference is doesn't really matter as we can all work together to take better photos and help each other with that main goal in mind.
Now does anyone know of a camera that will just take the perfect picture without me working so hard at it? Sigh!
