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I find myself on linux 95% of the time but do have dual boot. The one thing I like photoshop for is the ability to do batch processing. You can also actually have it record your steps and then have it do the same procedure on a folder full of images. Other than that, I’ve learned to work gimp pretty well and can do most anything with it. There’s a gimp plugin called Save for Web, named after the photoshop feature. That comes in handy.

Now to really blow one’s mind, is imagemagik. A command line based image editor. Completely weird editing an image without having the image open to look at but it works great for optimizing images for the web. It also runs on most web servers or at least the ubuntu based ones. You can throw 500 files at it and it won’t crash because it’s not taxing the processor(s) by rendering the GUI and images. I’ve had photoshop freeze when doing batch operations.

I go to windows for TurboCAD as I learned on it and it’s way easier to me than any other CAD, also for my scantool and auto repair software.

One can run linux without ever having to type a command. There might be an occasion you need to do it to fix something or do something out of the ordinary but that’s usually a matter of copy/paste the code from a website. No more scary than having to go into windows registry to make a change.

At one time, I had to create a bunch of PDFs with fields that could be filled in digitally, including a digital signature. That I had to do with Adobe software. Not much available to edit PDFs in linux.

Now that I found a good backup program called, Déjà Dup, I can swap linux versions in a couple hours and be up and running with the new version without losing anything, including program configurations. I open thunderbird and all my emails and accounts are there. I open firefox and all my tabs, history and cookies are there, yet I have a new OS to try out. I tend to change linux versions every year or two. At this point, I’ve tried about all of them but they come out with new features etc. I ran kubuntu for a while but the Plasma desktop was a bit unstable so I switched to Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop but I didn’t like the lack of settings so I ended up running Mint with kubuntu/Plasma and by that time, Plasma was straightened out. Mint is ditching it though so I’ll have to find something else at some point. Might go back to straight kubuntu with Plasma as I really like the full screen dashboard type menu.

My preferred version of windows is Win 7 Pro and since it never gets on the web and I have all security features and notifications turned off, it will never change.

I remember using windows exclusively. Worked great at first, then the updates start coming and it would get slower and slower all the time. Or you get a bad link and boom, “You’ve got Malware”.

I’ve had them all too. Started out printing invoices with DOS and a dot matrix printer. Then got a pc with win 3.1, then 95, 98, and so on.

[[You can also actually have it record your steps and then have it do the same procedure on a folder full of images. ]]

I have many custom actions I’ve created- love them- such a time saver- I got to usign gimp- but only when i don’t want to reboot to windows- it’[s ok- and will do in a pinch- but i much prefer photoshop

[[One can run linux without ever having to type a command. There might be an occasion you need to do it to fix something or do something out of the ordinary but that’s usually a matter of copy/paste the code from a website. No more scary than having to go into windows registry to make a change.]]

I’ve run into a few things I needed to do via command line- the worst part is trying to find the solution in the linux forums- they talk way over my head- my brain is fried when i get done finding the answer- but yes, it’s usually no more than pasting code once you do manage to find the right solution-

Linux mint actually has something similar to Deja Dupe now- called timeshift- I gotta look into it- i used to use something similar- but got out of the habit of it-

[[Now that I found a good backup program called, Déjà Dup, I can swap linux versions in a couple hours and be up and running with the new version without losing anything, including program configurations.]]

I’m just gonna stick with mint0- good enough for me- but wouldn’t you just run your restore file and have it restore the os too? I thought the backup woudl backup everything, files, programs and the os, no?

Very good summary man... I started way back when also and my first business PC to print receipts and Etc. was a 286 with a dot matrix printer and DOS.

Coolest thing I ever found back in the day was a very small program that flashed a simple “ perimeter security system in use” screen saver with a big red “radioactive symbol”. used to leave this where everyone could look in the office window and see at night. Just the psychology of that flashing message screen saver and a few fake cameras STOPPED all my night problems. lol

I should find that DOS floppy and convert it to windows and linux, it was Great!