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Cooking With Linux
Georg Tobin writes "LinuxWorld open source editor Kevin Bedell conducts a very interesting interview with Michael Stutz, author of the new Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition, on the language of the Linux command line, cookbooks, economics, and what applications you absolutely need Windows for."
I haven't found a broker that has software that runs on linux, unless its a web based interface.
....but I use linux for everything else!!
I use Market Maker from CMC Group for trading CFD's and FXCM Trading Station for forex trading. They are far superior to any web based app I've seen.
Entertainment - XMMS, xine tvtime ;)
:D
Office work - Open Office
Surf the net and an email - Firefox and buddies
Chat - no comments
Games - Only thing I miss couple of games apart from Doom
No need to install drivers, for example for some wired reason my tv tunner card always stuck under all edition of Windows but it works great on 2.6 kernel
Hey Linux makes great desktop for me I don't need graphics application just use it as computer for above and I'm done
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While there is some development going on, nothing really matches the quality of Cubase 3 or Logic Pro. And that's not to say that similar things can't be done with inferior software, but not with the same ease of use, quality, and precision.
It depends on your experiences I suppose, but Wired, Ardour, and Rosegarden do well enough for me when I'm using Linux. Audio is mostly a side-issue for my work, and I never really took to Cubase for some reason, so its not something I miss.
There's a fairly comprehensive list of Linux audio here http://linux-sound.org/one-page.html if anyone's interested.
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
I've read a good chunk of the first one, and felt it's really one of the better Linux titles out there, bonus that it's based off of Debian GNU/Linux. Strong emphasis on doing things via command line, but well written even for someone who might usually shy away from that type of thing (not me though har, har!! ;-)
Anyhow, if I remember right the author had even released the first edition under a free license, and you were able to find it published online as well. (http://www.dsl.org/cookbook/cookbook_toc.html)
I wonder about this one...
Barely any commercial vendors write VST plugins or multitrack host environments for them.
Examples of things you can only find on Windows/Mac:
Cubase (www.steinberg.net)
Logic (www.apple.com/logic)
ReFX (www.refx.net)
Albino2 (www.linplug.com)
NI: (www.native-instruments.com)
And these are just a few major examples. You have to convince these types of companies to port to Linux before you'll draw the professional audio crowd. I wish it could happen!
Try Kopete. From the webpage: It has always worked great for me.
The one application that I would like to see on linux is
Chinese handwriting recognition
(there are plenty for windows and a few for mac for example see worldlanguage.com but NONE for linux)
There are keyboard input methods that works under linux, and i use emacs for keyboard entry, which is a partial solution for me but not perfect.
obviously i would prefer to see some software like this under gpl but i am prepared to pay for a commercial offering
i think that such software would have the potential to greatly enhance linux uptake in China as well (think aunt tilly in china)
living the dream
Flash for Linux, DrawSWF, Spalah Flash, SWF Tools gAnim8, and OpenOffice all do swf with varying degrees of utility.
I work as a web developer for a marketing agency, and I have the only Linux workstation in the building. I also have a Windows workstation, so it is very easy for me to compare both platforms.
Evolution works well even for corporate email. I use GAIM on both machines, play MP3's on the Linux box, and do most of my work in vi (yet there are other editors that work well, I just like vi).
There are 4 applications holding me back from being able to ditch my Windows machine. Two of those may work well with WINE, but I have not had the time to test them.
Internet Explorer: It is a _MUST_ that I test my code in IE, even though my main browser is Firefox. This may work in WINE.
Photoshop 7: I heard this also works in WINE.
Visual Studio/C#: Mono has made good strides and I look forward to being able to use it, but my work with it deals with a large production environment for a major company and I cannot afford to have something not work just because I decided I wanted to develop on Linux. I'm waiting for Mono V3.
Flash: Yes, other tools exist, but none compare to Macromedia's Flash, and I need to be able to compile Flash 6+ with full support. The tools are not there yet.
That being said, I use my Linux box a good 70% of the time.
Ardour is the equal of Windows pro level apps. It might not look as flashy, but it is very powerful.
For vector... no idea.
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