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<blockquote data-quote="silvermane" data-source="post: 2681081" data-attributes="member: 26367">I have used Red Hat and PLD (an offshot of same) extensively from about 1998 to 2002. I do not bother with Linux now. The reason is that the CAT (computer aided translation) apps I use to work with only run on Windows and there are no Linux versions of, say, Trados. Neither is there a Linux CAT app that would be compatible with Trados' databases. Also there are other necessary apps that have no Linux equivalent (such as soccer statistics software). Conversely, most Linux apps, including GTK and Python-based, are available on Windows.Another reason is that since I last used it, Linux has become extensively Windows-like, to the point that the GUI is selected dy default upon installation. This would be fine if everything more or less worked out of the box. But, alas, it does not. Whether it is the DSL connection or the graphics card, you always have to look under the hood and edit the configuration files like in days of yore, except that now you need to manually run a text console to do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silvermane, post: 2681081, member: 26367"] I have used Red Hat and PLD (an offshot of same) extensively from about 1998 to 2002. I do not bother with Linux now. The reason is that the CAT (computer aided translation) apps I use to work with only run on Windows and there are no Linux versions of, say, Trados. Neither is there a Linux CAT app that would be compatible with Trados' databases. Also there are other necessary apps that have no Linux equivalent (such as soccer statistics software). Conversely, most Linux apps, including GTK and Python-based, are available on Windows. Another reason is that since I last used it, Linux has become extensively Windows-like, to the point that the GUI is selected dy default upon installation. This would be fine if everything more or less worked out of the box. But, alas, it does not. Whether it is the DSL connection or the graphics card, you always have to look under the hood and edit the configuration files like in days of yore, except that now you need to manually run a text console to do that. [/QUOTE]

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