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Linux: not yet photo-friendly
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You might want to give it a read- the guy know what he's talking about. The site is one of my favorites, he posts a lot of good articles.
So, purple --
What is the difference between Linux falling short as a photo platform because the kernel is missing something or Linux falling short as a platform because the apps aren't available?
Bottom line:
For whatever reason, Linux is a less than wonderful platform for the purpose.
What is the difference between Linux falling short as a photo platform because the kernel is missing something or Linux falling short as a platform because the apps aren't available?
Bottom line:
For whatever reason, Linux is a less than wonderful platform for the purpose.
For the types of image manipulations I do, no complete tools exist. It is not a question of where the shortfall is; neither kernel nor applications contain what I want.
For experimentation on a single image, The GIMP is sufficient for me. Beyond that, I need to script my own solutions. I do not relish loading 250+ jpeg files into 250+ layers in The GIMP (or any other full-color image manipulator), just to find maximum and minimum pixels.
(I hope to show you what I mean with tonight's moonrise...)
For experimentation on a single image, The GIMP is sufficient for me. Beyond that, I need to script my own solutions. I do not relish loading 250+ jpeg files into 250+ layers in The GIMP (or any other full-color image manipulator), just to find maximum and minimum pixels.
(I hope to show you what I mean with tonight's moonrise...)
Drat. Last-minute clouds ruined the moonrise.
Oh well, c'est la vie.
Oh well, c'est la vie.
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Such a web site is inevitably going to be biased to the expectations of the producers who might have most of their ideas from the proprietary tools they are used to. But it doesn't mean that others who perhaps have authored some of the tools and know many other tools can't do everything they need to be photography professionals.
As for Linux falling short, er I don't suppose it does I guess they mean the available tools they know of fall short because if any of the makers of their favorite tools could be bothered to I'm sure they could put their tools on a Linux based OS.