• Am I ready for a Linux distribution? Web Design Concerns!
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[QUOTE=TrueNash;22306262]It is awkward without access to Adobe, particularly for Flash and Photoshop. However, Gimp is usually a good enough replacement for what web designers use Photoshop for[/QUOTE] Agreed. And whilst GIMP is still a bit daunting to people who've only ever used Photoshop, the only real difference is the multiple-windows approach, rather than having everything in a single window, by default. Which can be a pain in the ass when you only have one screen, but pretty useful when you have two. GIMP's toolset is pretty much exactly the same as Photoshop's, too... so I don't see why people (e.g. the OP) find it so difficult to get their head round. If you've used Photoshop, you can use GIMP. The buttons being in different places, and filters being called slightly different things, isn't exactly a difficult thing to adapt to. As for editing vector files, mister original post sir, if you used Flash or Illustrator or whatever for that, Inkscape makes a great alternative. An alternative to Dreamweaver is Screem, by the way. Although I just do all my writing of HTML using nano over a SSH connection :v:
[QUOTE=esalaka;22320198]I wonder why, too. Mint is basically Ubuntu but even easier to use. [editline]02:32PM[/editline] Oh, also, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid is awesome.[/QUOTE] My thought on Mint as well, but that might be the very thing he's warning against. Again, I haven't tried it.
I'm using Ubuntu myself, but the thing I don't like about Mint is that it is way too oversimplified for me. I know that many people are thinking that Ubuntu is simple too, which it also is. In my opinion you should try Arch or Gentoo. Arch helped me understanding the inner workings of Linux.
[QUOTE=Lego399;22325080]I'm using Ubuntu myself, but the thing I don't like about Mint is that it is way too oversimplified for me. I know that many people are thinking that Ubuntu is simple too, which it also is. In my opinion you should try Arch or Gentoo. Arch helped me understanding the inner workings of Linux.[/QUOTE] I don't like the look and feel of Mint. It's too...I don't know, it at first looks nice but then it just starts to look clunky.
[QUOTE=Lego399;22325080]I'm using Ubuntu myself, but the thing I don't like about Mint is that it is way too oversimplified for me. I know that many people are thinking that Ubuntu is simple too, which it also is. In my opinion you should try Arch or Gentoo. Arch helped me understanding the inner workings of Linux.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't recommend starting a Linux journey with either Arch or Gentoo, perhaps [url=http://www.archbang.org/]ArchBang[/url] where X and so, is already installed. I'd say one should be fairly confident with the CLI before hitting distros like Arch, Gentoo or Slackware. You can probably get away with the installation, but the issues that usually follows, may require some previous experience, and command-line-fu. Not to mention knowledge regarding the general Linux structure, things which you can read a lot about, but where it would quite possibly be much better to just start with a more friendly distro to get ones hands dirty, and then eventually move to another distro if so is wished.
[QUOTE=TehDoomCat;22320419]nano[/QUOTE] vi > nano
[QUOTE=Sirupsen;22326682]I wouldn't recommend starting a Linux journey with either Arch.[/QUOTE] I would. You'll learn everything you need to know about linux, and it's got guides to follow so you can't really go wrong. You'll just need another computer to follow the guides and google things. [editline]09:19PM[/editline] [QUOTE=ButtsexV2;22330510]vi > nano[/QUOTE] Reminds me, I still haven't read the vi man. Can you jump to parts of a page in vi? Or jump to the bottom? Trying to scroll to the bottom of a page in nano is painful.
[QUOTE=Maccabee;22331060]I would. You'll learn everything you need to know about linux, and it's got guides to follow so you can't really go wrong. You'll just need another computer to follow the guides and google things.[/QUOTE] My argument regarding this matter, was that one should be fairly confident with the CLI before setting up an Arch system, even with the perfectly good beginner's guide, because you can run into some undocumented issues. I have heard of people moving directly to Arch, who had a really bad time. For an average person, starting with something like Arch would not be the best thing. If one however feel more confident around computers, and is ready to pick up a fight, they may be ready to try it - and benefit from it. :) [QUOTE=Maccabee;22331060] Can you jump to parts of a page in vi? Or jump to the bottom? Trying to scroll to the bottom of a page in nano is painful.[/QUOTE] [b]G[/b] takes you to the bottom of the document. [b]^-F[/b] takes you a page forward. [b]^-B[/b] takes you a page backwards. [b]/word[/b] searches for "word" throughout the document.
[QUOTE=Maccabee;22331060]Reminds me, I still haven't read the vi man. Can you jump to parts of a page in vi? Or jump to the bottom? Trying to scroll to the bottom of a page in nano is painful.[/QUOTE] look up a vi cheat sheet. you can do all that and more
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;22330510]vi > nano[/QUOTE] emacs > vi > nano :smugdog:
[QUOTE=st0rmforce;22373901]emacs > vi > nano :smugdog:[/QUOTE] vi > nano > emacs :frog:
(vi != emacs) > nano
straight up vi in the console is shit, it's not good unless you've got gvim
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;22397608]straight up vi in the console is shit, it's not good unless you've got gvim[/QUOTE] Vim works fine in the console, there are few advantages of using gvim to plain vim (except if you like these toolbars and all). But lets stop this very subjective discussion on editors and get on topic, shall we?
emacs is my favourite os
[QUOTE=st0rmforce;22373901]emacs > vi > nano :smugdog:[/QUOTE] Shit in a bag > nano [editline]10:00PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Sirupsen;22398482]Vim works fine in the console, there are few advantages of using gvim to plain vim (except if you like these toolbars and all). But lets stop this very subjective discussion on editors and get on topic, shall we?[/QUOTE] This is true as hell. I sometimes use gvim, but 99% is through the console when I'm SSH'd to other servers through the command line.
it works in console, but it takes a lot to be a text editor and good
Try out gimp if it works for you then there is no problem with linux.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;22405480]Try out gimp if it works for you then there is no problem with linux.[/QUOTE] And if you don't like gimp, there's also Krita, which happens to be the shit.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;22405543]And if you don't like gimp, there's also Krita, which happens to be the shit.[/QUOTE] Why do you do this to me? :(
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;22405925]Why do you do this to me? :([/QUOTE] why would I not?
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