nic007 wrote:Mike Walsh wrote:@ nic007:-
You happen to like Windows. I don't.
'Nuff said. You're trying to compare apples & oranges. You can't.
Mike.
Yet, you take every opportunity to talk down Windows even if Windows does some things better.....
Nic:-
Mm.....not
entirely true. I like
older versions of Windows, yes. Newer versions (8,8.1, especially 10)....eeek. No, I don't like
them. But if you take the time to scan through some of my posts over the years, you'll find that on many occasions I've stated that there's no shame in running applications from multiple different platforms.....as long as you can achieve what you want to do.
There's no getting away from the fact that Windows definitely does do some things better than Linux. Linux, in its turn, does some things better than Windows. I dare say there's the odd item that Macs do better than either, but I've not been a fan of Macs since trying to use a very balky Apple Lisa during the late 80's; it put me off Cupertino's products for life!
I've always agreed with you about the sound stuff. Running XP on this exact same hardware a few years ago, the Realtek AC'97 drivers made the sound chip perform noticeably better than my first Linux distro, Ubuntu was ever able to do.
I've never been what you might call an open-source 'disciple'. I've always believer that there's precious little point in being
so 'dogmatic' about things that you end up shooting yourself in the foot.....
If a Linux app will do what I want better than a Windows one, I'll use it. If a Windows one will do the job better, I have no problem with that either.
It's not so much the software I don't like - even the OS ain't that bad, or would be miles better with a lot of the unnecessary bloat removed and the demise of Nanny Microsoft wanting to sell all your data.....it's the attitude of the company that I really don't understand.
I've used MooiTech's 'PhotoScape' ever since its initial release back in 2009; initially under XP, latterly running under Wine in Linux. Fortunately, it's one of the relatively rare 100%-compatible apps out there; absolutely everything functions as it should. In fact, I've got so used to using it for my graphic design hobby that I simply cannot translate the same work-flow to Linux apps.....so I shall keep using it as long as I can.
Mike.