Comments on: HOWTO: Convert A Friend To Linux

By: 13 Linux Graffiti Art From Around The World

13 Linux Graffiti Art From Around The World — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:27:46 +0000

[...] wars with others, push it down other’s throats (which we don’t condone,) blog about, work feverishly in converting, and finally “vandalize” our [...]

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Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:02:28 +0000

[...] my years of Linux advocacy, I am usually asked a very basic question “what makes [...]

By: Afronix » Help Spread Linux… Don’t Preach It!

Afronix » Help Spread Linux… Don’t Preach It! — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:03:56 +0000

[...] PS: Almost a year ago, Rami shared with us his experience on this subject in a tongue-in-cheek article titled Howto Convert A Friend To Linux. [...]

By: CaseyTech

CaseyTech — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:16:45 +0000

I agree, I love Linux and used to use it full time, but I had to stop due to the lack of good audio and video editing software, I had to switch back to Windows. Also, I have never been able to compile programs from source code, thankfully I was able to find most programs on GetDeb.

By: Silver Knight

Silver Knight — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:03:59 +0000

As a web designer I use GIMP on a daily basis and have no problem at all producing every graphic I need, but perhaps you are just comfortable with the Photoshop interface. I know of two fixes that might help with that, and I’m sure there are others besides those two. The first is called GimpShop (a quick Google search should find it easily enough) and is a project to rearrange the menus and tools to be more familiar to Photoshop users. The second fix is to use XNest to run GIMP in a single window (if that’s what you really prefer). Personally, I agree with the person who mentioned putting the tools on one monitor and your graphic on the other. I really like the multiple window interface for that reason.

By: sims

sims — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:30:15 +0000

Don’t preach GUIs. Don’t preach. *Use* the CLI. Show others how to use it. It’s cool. It’s smart. It’s simple. I think that it is better for humans to become more intelligent that for software to develop to a state where we are not required to think.

By: Help Spread Linux... Don't Preach It!

Help Spread Linux... Don't Preach It! — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:42:12 +0000

[...] PS: Almost a year ago, Rami shared with us his experience on this subject in a tongue-in-cheek article titled Howto Convert A Friend To Linux. [...]

By: A Major Milestone for Royal HeHe2-ness! | Bringing Linux to the Masses

A Major Milestone for Royal HeHe2-ness! | Bringing Linux to the Masses — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:24:46 +0000

[...] Howto Convert a Friend to Linux (my first break) [...]

By: Maitrella » HOWTO: Convert A Friend To Linux

Maitrella » HOWTO: Convert A Friend To Linux — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:54:10 +0000

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By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:04:40 +0000

Hey, come on. Compiz might be a resource hog, but installing it with an old rv250-based ATI graphics card IS a geek job.