Comments on: One More reason to hate Microsoft!

By: wassim

wassim — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:28:12 +0000

Why I have not switched to Linux yet is because most of the software I own runs under windows and there is no Linux version for these unfortunately (mostly flash related tools+3dmax and after effects).

The flash authoring tool I use (flash CS3) cannot be run under Linux, the current Version of Wine is still incapable of correctly doing the required emulation (besides, it is having hard time staying up and running even under native windows!, good job on this Adobe)

I’ve never heard of Crossover Office, thanks for mentioning it, it sure is worth having a look at.

By: Shawn J. Goff

Shawn J. Goff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:10:26 +0000

Oh… and if you need flash Authoring tools, FlashMX can be run under Wine, and if you don’t want to fiddle with it, you can use FlashMX under Crossover Office.

There is also a project to make an open source Flash authoring platform. It’s called AMES.

By: Shawn J. Goff

Shawn J. Goff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:02:23 +0000

Sorry to hear about your woes. I have an old Hotmail account that I hold on to as well. I use Thunderbird with the webmail extension to get my Hotmail stuff. Although I do recommend Linux, you don’t have to use Linux to use Thunderbird with the webmail extension.

As far as Flash goes, Linux has been able to play Flash for a very long time. In fact, I think (not sure) that Ubuntu comes with the Flash player pre-installed, which is even more convenient than in Windows.

By: OmegaWolf747

OmegaWolf747 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:43:20 +0000

Have you tried using Thunderbird to access your Hotmail?

By: Big Joe

Big Joe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:31:54 +0000

Well jee, if you hate Microsoft so much, go switch to linux! Why seriously consider it? Just do it!