[Ipg-smz] What happens when Linux keeps getting better and better?

[Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya]

> On Dec 20, 2018, at 10:54 PM, Bruce Byfield <bbyfield at axion.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya wrote:
>> 
>>> Your milage may vary from mine. I can’t do any audio video
>>> production in Linux. I can’t do any photography work on Linux. I
>>> can’t even write my novel on Linux as I use Ulysesses that supports
>>> folders and chapters and works across iPad too. I can’t update my
>>> Drones on Linux. I can’ Tether my Panasonic cameras on Linux. I
>>> can’t play games on Linux. I can’t use VR on Linux. I can’t use my
>>> 360 Samsung camera on Linux. I can keep going. Plus there is no
>>> credible email client on Linux that can work flawlessly with
>>> email-calendar and contact.
> 
> Yeah, right.
> 
> I know a lot of people who would question your claim that you can't do
> any audio video production or photography on Linux or use an email
> client that works with an email calendar and contact. Why? Because they
> do so regularly.

Yes, those who don’t do this type of work professionally will question my claim. There may be people who use kitchen knife to do brain surgery. I don’t.

Please don’t tell me to find alternatives to tools I use. 

> 
> In some of your other examples, I suspect that you are putting the
> hardware first. Long-time Linux users will research compatibility
> before they buy hardware, and these days are likely to find
> alternatives. For example, while many drones don't run on Linux, it
> isn't very hard to find ones that do.

No. I don’t need to find ones. DJI are the ONLY professionals drones out there. 
> 
> The same thing goes for software. For example, while Ulysses may not
> run on Linux, its features list does not seem to include anything that
> you couldn't do with other software on Linux. In fact, with the right
> extensions, you could do many -- possibly all -- of the same things in
> LibreOffice.

No. You can’t. 

> 
> If you want to criticize Linux on the grounds that it is still not
> widely supported in many areas, I would have to agree with you.
> However, to say that you can't do all the things you mention on Linux
> is, in many cases, plain wrong.

No, I am not wrong. I am NOT talking about liking, I am talking about professional tools. 

> You just have to take the extra step of
> checking for compatibility. You may choose not to take that extra step,
> and that is your right, but such a decision does not justify your
> sweeping statements.

I had been doing this for 13 yeas now it’s NOT about compatibility. It’s about the tools that I NEED are not available. Simple. 
> 
> However, don't take my word. I've given you a couple of examples, but do
> the research and see for yourself. After you do, you may still have a
> list of things you can't do on Linux, but I guarantee it will be
> considerably shorter.

As I said, I do run Linux on a machine, but my main work is multi-media production and it can’t handle it. I don’t care it can do many other things. It can’t do what I NEED. As simple as that.

Technology is not a religion to me. It’s just tools to get job done.

Swap
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