Linux users - dpreview's lost tribe

[Andreas Stuebs]

I think PC talk would be the correct forum. I understand your point
as Macs these days are just PCs with OS X (Windows and Linux
sometimes) so the main differential seems to be the OS
I think its a history thing where a couple of years back buying a Mac
meant that you had a whole different system based on PPC™
architecture, really setting them aside in the consumer marketplace.
I wonder what percentage of users use Linux for photography?
I use Mac and Windows personally.
Mark
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http://www.photo-utopia.blogspot.com/

Linux runs on PC's, both 32 bit and 64 bit, as well as on all Mac's, Intel and PPC™ architecture, but also Alpha ,mainframes, NASA supercomputers, Sun Spark, game consoles, routers, refrigerators, coffee machines and toasters ;-), almost anything with a CPU.

Though this portability of linux has very little to do with photography, I don't understand your point. Linux has as much to do with PC's as with Mac's, it runs on both.

There is however an enormous amount of Linux related info available on the net, no need for a linux section on dpreview imo, unless it is photography related.

JohnnyWB
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pleeze ignore ze typo's

And why restrict it to Linux? Any Unix derivative should be included .... Come to think of it aren't Android and IOS based on Unix? Android's file structure seems to suggest it. So we have MS Windows vs the rest of the world (I assume VMS and MVS don't count any more?)

 

[captura]

dpreview provides no specific forum for Linux users. The current division between "Mac Talk" and "PC Talk" is unfortunate, since it conflates hardware and operating systems.

I would like to request a redivision to "Mac Talk", "Windows Talk", and "Linux Talk".

An old thread, but still a very relevant point.

I posed the question of having no LINUX discussion place to the PC talk forum yesterday, and got no responses.

Linus offers a number of advantages over MAC and Windows to some users.

http://www.linuxforums.org/

Thanks.

It's strange that there is no Linux forum on DPR. Most Window and Mac solutions do not apply to Linux, and particularly for specialized applications like photography.

 

[captura]

dpreview provides no specific forum for Linux users. The current division between "Mac Talk" and "PC Talk" is unfortunate, since it conflates hardware and operating systems.

I would like to request a redivision to "Mac Talk", "Windows Talk", and "Linux Talk".

An old thread, but still a very relevant point.

I posed the question of having no LINUX discussion place to the PC talk forum yesterday, and got no responses.

Linus offers a number of advantages over MAC and Windows to some users.

http://www.linuxforums.org/

Thanks.

It's strange that there is no Linux forum on DPR. Most Window and Mac solutions do not apply to Linux, and particularly for specialized applications like photography.

The sort of forum I describe in the link below, it wouldn't be very useful to the typical photographer.

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/55904455

 

[gychang49]

I have 3 PCs at home, including netbook, all running linux (puppy). Older PCs but running fast, use gthumb, darktable, and enjoy the photography.

I do wish there was a linux forum here...