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]]> By: Alan Whitehttp://www.azcazandco.com/2006/08/the-gimp-almost-fun-but-pain-in-the-arse/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Alan White Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:02:47 +0000 http://www.azcazandco.com/?p=153#comment-881 Very true, and something I keep trying to remind myself of... I didn't actually realise that Inkscape was totally platform independant, that is quite cool! I have just set up a Windows 2000 box for dealing with any Photoshop files I am given (I get quite a lot) but have made a point after reading your post to install the same open source tools I am using on my main Ubuntu box. KVM switches are awesome, instead of dirtying my Linux box with Windows I can just run both machines + my local web server through the same keyboard, monitor and mouse... Unfortunately I still need to run a Windows box but your point is a good one and one I will try to advocate in future articles. Thanks for coming in past :-) Very true, and something I keep trying to remind myself of… I didn’t actually realise that Inkscape was totally platform independant, that is quite cool!

I have just set up a Windows 2000 box for dealing with any Photoshop files I am given (I get quite a lot) but have made a point after reading your post to install the same open source tools I am using on my main Ubuntu box.

KVM switches are awesome, instead of dirtying my Linux box with Windows I can just run both machines + my local web server through the same keyboard, monitor and mouse…

Unfortunately I still need to run a Windows box but your point is a good one and one I will try to advocate in future articles.

Thanks for coming in past :-)

]]> By: heathenxhttp://www.azcazandco.com/2006/08/the-gimp-almost-fun-but-pain-in-the-arse/comment-page-1/#comment-869 heathenx Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:00:31 +0000 http://www.azcazandco.com/?p=153#comment-869 if people can force themselves to use open source solutions like gimp, for instance, that are platform independent than no matter the OS one will be able to use the same software. gimp inkscape scribus firefox thunderbird evolution vlc player nvu...just to name a few. if people can force themselves to use open source solutions like gimp, for instance, that are platform independent than no matter the OS one will be able to use the same software.

gimp
inkscape
scribus
firefox
thunderbird
evolution
vlc player
nvu…just to name a few.

]]> By: Alan Whitehttp://www.azcazandco.com/2006/08/the-gimp-almost-fun-but-pain-in-the-arse/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Alan White Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:47:28 +0000 http://www.azcazandco.com/?p=153#comment-863 Nice one, thanks for the backlink to my site :D What a good article too, I will no doubt be referencing it for other people... Nice one, thanks for the backlink to my site :D What a good article too, I will no doubt be referencing it for other people…

]]> By: Linux and Web Development Part 2 - Monday By Noonhttp://www.azcazandco.com/2006/08/the-gimp-almost-fun-but-pain-in-the-arse/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Linux and Web Development Part 2 - Monday By Noon Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:43:52 +0000 http://www.azcazandco.com/?p=153#comment-832 [...] First and foremost, layer boundaries should be hidden. I don’t quite get why they’re displayed by default but at least you can turn them off — their presence quickly clutters things and makes any file really confusing to work with. Alan White has written up a small list of some really great tips on starting out with the GIMP. One that I can whole heartedly support is making one big ‘toolbar’ out of the two windows put on display by default. To do this you can drag the various panels from place to place by clicking and dragging their title section as shown below: [...] [...] First and foremost, layer boundaries should be hidden. I don’t quite get why they’re displayed by default but at least you can turn them off — their presence quickly clutters things and makes any file really confusing to work with. Alan White has written up a small list of some really great tips on starting out with the GIMP. One that I can whole heartedly support is making one big ‘toolbar’ out of the two windows put on display by default. To do this you can drag the various panels from place to place by clicking and dragging their title section as shown below: [...]

]]> By: Jonhttp://www.azcazandco.com/2006/08/the-gimp-almost-fun-but-pain-in-the-arse/comment-page-1/#comment-670 Jon Fri, 04 Aug 2006 15:58:32 +0000 http://www.azcazandco.com/?p=153#comment-670 I can definitely relate to your frustration with the GIMP at first. GIMPShop is an excellent first step... the next would be to replace *most* of the keyboard shortcuts with Photoshop-like ones: http://gimpshop.blogspot.com/2005/11/photoshop-ish-keyboard-shortcuts-for.html That should help your transition even more, and I have to tell you, give yourself a solid month using GIMPShop and you'll find your way around -- trust me I can definitely relate to your frustration with the GIMP at first. GIMPShop is an excellent first step… the next would be to replace *most* of the keyboard shortcuts with Photoshop-like ones:

http://gimpshop.blogspot.com/2005/11/photoshop-ish-keyboard-shortcuts-for.html

That should help your transition even more, and I have to tell you, give yourself a solid month using GIMPShop and you’ll find your way around — trust me

]]> By: Alanhttp://www.azcazandco.com/2006/08/the-gimp-almost-fun-but-pain-in-the-arse/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Alan Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:37:09 +0000 http://www.azcazandco.com/?p=153#comment-669 I really do hear what you ae saying about time and money but at the end of the day there is never a good time to go through upheaval... What we as humans tend to do is deal with upheaval when it is thrown at us and that is what I have done to myself by forcing a switch. In all honesty I am not suffering too bad... I agree that I have probably wasted some time whilst trying to get a new development environment on the go and <em>playing with my new operating system. On the other hand though, I made a choice that I wanted to stop using Windows, it is not the be all and end all to computing, in fact it is completely shit. Windows just breaks from time to time and I got fed up with it so made the switch. Yeah it take a little effort to get your head around but to me the benefits will soon outweight the inconvenience of having to learn some stuff. The concepts are slightly different but I know what I want to use my computer for and will make it do my bidding if it is the last thing I do!! As for packages, the image editing has been the biggest hanging point from a productivity standpoint but now I have decided what I am doing I can just get on with some learning... I am going to continue posting about my journeys in open source so please do come back and see how I am doing :D</em> I really do hear what you ae saying about time and money but at the end of the day there is never a good time to go through upheaval… What we as humans tend to do is deal with upheaval when it is thrown at us and that is what I have done to myself by forcing a switch. In all honesty I am not suffering too bad…

I agree that I have probably wasted some time whilst trying to get a new development environment on the go and playing with my new operating system.

On the other hand though, I made a choice that I wanted to stop using Windows, it is not the be all and end all to computing, in fact it is completely shit. Windows just breaks from time to time and I got fed up with it so made the switch.

Yeah it take a little effort to get your head around but to me the benefits will soon outweight the inconvenience of having to learn some stuff. The concepts are slightly different but I know what I want to use my computer for and will make it do my bidding if it is the last thing I do!!

As for packages, the image editing has been the biggest hanging point from a productivity standpoint but now I have decided what I am doing I can just get on with some learning… I am going to continue posting about my journeys in open source so please do come back and see how I am doing :D

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