It was a pleasure having someone from the North part of the
county present.  We are a county organization and currently have
members/attendees from Saint David, Bisbee, Benson, Hereford,

    It was a pleasure having someone from the North part of the county present.  We are a county organization and currently have members/attendees from Saint David, Bisbee, Benson, Hereford, Dragoon, Sunsites, and Sierra Vista as well as a few from outside of the county.
    If you are booting both Ubuntu and Microsoft Windows without problems, continue with that set up until you are very comfortable with Linux.  Continuing to do your work in Windows while learning the new OS and the Free and Open Software equivalents.  You will find that the learning curve is much shorter than it was when learning Microsoft Windows.  People that install a Linux OS in a dual boot mode usually tend to use Windows less and less until they rarely boot into at all.
    Many Windows applications will run in a Linux operating system with a program called WINE.  You would have to check https://appdb.winehq.org/ for compatibility.  Not all Widows programs will work.  There are several members in the LUG that use Wine for some programs and I am sure that you will hear from them in time.

Rex Bouwense

On 3/25/19 12:43 PM, Laura Dwyer wrote:

Hey all.  It was a pleasure meeting the group last week.

I installed Ubuntu on an old Optiplex 380 alongside Win7 and is working just fine.  Wondering if it's advisable to run Ubuntu as a stand alone OS.

I went through your most excellent Linux Software Equivalents list and am assuming that the Linux apps are optional and that the Windows apps will still work with Linux but without Windows as the OS.

I help maintain a web site using DreamWeaver CS6 and use Corel Video Studio and Paint Shop Pro as my editors.  My concern is losing or severely diminishing the functionality of those products if I just went all in with Linux apps.  (Besides the ginormous learning curve using all new apps.)

Your thoughts welcome (censored or otherwise).

Laura Dwyer

Newbie

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps.html  is a list of supported apps via easier install of Windows apps through playonlimux but as I've done a bit of trying to run Windows apps in Linux some work flawlessly some run with like your using a computer from the 90s.. Photoshop for example.. runs but horribly in Linux.. and CS updates forget it.... Rex's advise of using Windows in. Dual boot or even Virtual machine if can run it.. is the best option unless the Linux equivalent is better/ simple to learn and you can work that into your workflow..
On Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 1:34 PM Rex Bouwense < majb@azloco.com > wrote:
    It was a pleasure having someone from the North part of the

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps.html is a list of supported apps via easier install of Windows apps through playonlimux but as I've done a bit of trying to run Windows apps in Linux some work flawlessly some run with like your using a computer from the 90s.. Photoshop for example.. runs but horribly in Linux.. and CS updates forget it.... Rex's advise of using Windows in. Dual boot or even Virtual machine if can run it.. is the best option unless the Linux equivalent is better/ simple to learn and you can work that into your workflow..

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019, 1:34 PM Rex Bouwense <majb@azloco.com> wrote:

    It was a pleasure having someone from the North part of the county present.  We are a county organization and currently have members/attendees from Saint David, Bisbee, Benson, Hereford, Dragoon, Sunsites, and Sierra Vista as well as a few from outside of the county.
    If you are booting both Ubuntu and Microsoft Windows without problems, continue with that set up until you are very comfortable with Linux.  Continuing to do your work in Windows while learning the new OS and the Free and Open Software equivalents.  You will find that the learning curve is much shorter than it was when learning Microsoft Windows.  People that install a Linux OS in a dual boot mode usually tend to use Windows less and less until they rarely boot into at all.
    Many Windows applications will run in a Linux operating system with a program called WINE.  You would have to check https://appdb.winehq.org/ for compatibility.  Not all Widows programs will work.  There are several members in the LUG that use Wine for some programs and I am sure that you will hear from them in time.

Rex Bouwense

On 3/25/19 12:43 PM, Laura Dwyer wrote:

Hey all.  It was a pleasure meeting the group last week.

I installed Ubuntu on an old Optiplex 380 alongside Win7 and is working just fine.  Wondering if it's advisable to run Ubuntu as a stand alone OS.

I went through your most excellent Linux Software Equivalents list and am assuming that the Linux apps are optional and that the Windows apps will still work with Linux but without Windows as the OS.

I help maintain a web site using DreamWeaver CS6 and use Corel Video Studio and Paint Shop Pro as my editors.  My concern is losing or severely diminishing the functionality of those products if I just went all in with Linux apps.  (Besides the ginormous learning curve using all new apps.)

Your thoughts welcome (censored or otherwise).

Laura Dwyer

Newbie