Comments on: Ubuntu for the very 1st time http://foxinni.com/blog/ubuntu-for-the-very-1st-time/ Designer & Programmer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Richard http://foxinni.com/blog/ubuntu-for-the-very-1st-time/comment-page-1/#comment-35031 Richard Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:53:55 +0000 http://foxinni.com/?p=286#comment-35031 Use a virtual machine. I got a 140 gig laptop drive. 120 of that is partitioned with Ubuntu 20 gig is left spare for Photoshop. If I only need to make a quick graphic or compression change I boot Photoshop CS2 in Ubuntu using WINE. For larger scale tasks I boot a virtual machine running Windows, do what I need to do in Photoshop or Illustrator and transfer it over, as most Linux distros support reading of NTFS partitions. Only problem is transferring files from Linux to windows as NTFS write is still buggy and can really screw things up. In that case you use a FAT32 formatted pen drive or USB hard drive. Make sure you give Ubuntu a good go. It took me a good 4 tries to relive me of my dependency. Use a virtual machine. I got a 140 gig laptop drive. 120 of that is partitioned with Ubuntu 20 gig is left spare for Photoshop.

If I only need to make a quick graphic or compression change I boot Photoshop CS2 in Ubuntu using WINE. For larger scale tasks I boot a virtual machine running Windows, do what I need to do in Photoshop or Illustrator and transfer it over, as most Linux distros support reading of NTFS partitions.

Only problem is transferring files from Linux to windows as NTFS write is still buggy and can really screw things up. In that case you use a FAT32 formatted pen drive or USB hard drive.

Make sure you give Ubuntu a good go. It took me a good 4 tries to relive me of my dependency.

]]> By: David http://foxinni.com/blog/ubuntu-for-the-very-1st-time/comment-page-1/#comment-27583 David Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:25:39 +0000 http://foxinni.com/?p=286#comment-27583 Problem is tha Ubuntu tend to go a bit pear shaped when you upgrade it. You often end up having to reinstall stuff or if its bad re-install everything. Problem is tha Ubuntu tend to go a bit pear shaped when you upgrade it. You often end up having to reinstall stuff or if its bad re-install everything.

]]> By: Foxinni http://foxinni.com/blog/ubuntu-for-the-very-1st-time/comment-page-1/#comment-27104 Foxinni Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:31:18 +0000 http://foxinni.com/?p=286#comment-27104 Thanks Wogy. I have indeed checked out WINE. but is does not run CS3. So I might need to downgrade for the sake of simplicity. Not really in the mood for virtual boxes. Time will tell. All i know is that Ubuntu is really blowing my mind. :) Thanks Wogy. I have indeed checked out WINE. but is does not run CS3. So I might need to downgrade for the sake of simplicity. Not really in the mood for virtual boxes. Time will tell. All i know is that Ubuntu is really blowing my mind. :)

]]> By: Wogan http://foxinni.com/blog/ubuntu-for-the-very-1st-time/comment-page-1/#comment-26915 Wogan Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:21:20 +0000 http://foxinni.com/?p=286#comment-26915 If you wanna run Windows, check out VirtualBox (from virtualbox.org, I don't think apt-get has it available). I ran XP inside kubuntu on my old machine at a decent speed, so it might work for you too. Don't know about Photoshop, though. And if you're lucky, and photoshop is listed at appdb.winehq.org, you can install WINE and simply run Photoshop on Ubuntu as you would any other program. ~ Wogan If you wanna run Windows, check out VirtualBox (from virtualbox.org, I don’t think apt-get has it available). I ran XP inside kubuntu on my old machine at a decent speed, so it might work for you too. Don’t know about Photoshop, though.

And if you’re lucky, and photoshop is listed at appdb.winehq.org, you can install WINE and simply run Photoshop on Ubuntu as you would any other program.

~ Wogan

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