95% linux user :)

Posted on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Following on from last post I thought I’d add a new post to say I am now a linux (ubuntu) convert. I have given it a real go and so far I am very impressed with it giving my PC a new lease on life with far superior execution times and file handling.

As the title suggests I am 95% converted as I still need Windows for a few applications, although I am sure I will soon find replacements for them soon.

What I was using to what I am using;

Firefox -> Firefox
Thunderbird Email -> Thunderbird Email
Photoshop CS4 -> Gimp
Filezilla -> gFTP
Homesite -> Bluefish
MS Office -> Open Office
Syncback SE Pro -> Unison
MSN -> Pidgin

What I am still looking for are;

Quickbooks -> while GnuCash is there I prefer Quickbooks and so does my accountant, probably simply use WINE to run it in Windoes mode within ubuntu
TopStyle -> I am using cssed but it is far from TopStyle, might just be a case of get use to it
Adobe Premier and Encore -> not yet replaced… have an idea?

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