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Alternatives that the author missedAlternatives that the author missedPosted Jul 11, 2008 14:22 UTC (Fri) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183)In reply to: And Wine? by Zenith Parent article: Ubuntu Photo Manager Experiment (Ubuntu Productivity)
Isn't that one of the main problems of free OSes? That people wanting to migrate from the mainstream OS often need one or two particular pieces of software which aren't ported to the free OSes? And that they aren't aware of the free software (one or a combination of packages) which might fulfil their needs after all? After all, good software existing is not enough if the people who need it don't know about it.
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Alternatives that the author missed Posted Jul 11, 2008 22:05 UTC (Fri) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] How is it different from non-free OSes? Do they provide any application search facility that free software doesn't have? I, for one, find it much easier to evaluate free software, as I won't end up for a piece of programmatic crap that would "expire" after 30 days or annoy me with warnings every time I run it.
Alternatives that the author missed Posted Jul 14, 2008 7:29 UTC (Mon) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183) [Link] I quite agree if you are at the stage of looking for an application. But if you are already using a proprietary OS and an application which does what you want it to, it can be a barrier to switching, even if you would like to for other reasons.
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