Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 16:38:34

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: Arelor to Nightfox on Mon Apr 25 2022 06:27 pm

 Ar> My experience is that it is rare that a person is actually stuck with a
 Ar> particular Operating Sytem for home use. If I was left stuck with
 Ar> something other than Linux or OpenBSD I could most likely find
 Ar> alternatives to the software I use.

 Ar> Gaming in particular is funny because maybe the game I would play in a
 Ar> given moment is not available on platform X, but typicaly there will be
 Ar> other good games available on platform Y. Cointidentially, I totally
 Ar> despise new generation videogames but the old games I want to play could
 Ar> be run on a toaster. I guess I am lucky.

I could probably find Linux alternatives for some of the Windows software I use, but in some cases I'm not sure.  In the past couple years, there are a couple of pieces of software I've been using for Windows that use AI to upscale photos and videos (Topaz Labs Gigapixel and Video Enhance AI), and they don't make versions of those for Linux.  I'm not sure if similar AI-based software exists for Linux, but I'd be interested in checking.

Sometimes it seems like there just isn't a great alternative for something in Linux.  One photo viewer I like to use in Windows is IrfanView - It's free and it has a lot of plugins available.  I also just like the way it works as far as little things like photo zooming, cropping, etc..  I've looked over the years and just haven't seen anything that I feel compares to IrfanView on Linux.

As far as games, there are some alternative options for some games in Linux, but often times, I'd rather play a specific game rather than an alternative. One example is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.  There are alternatives for Linux - namely, X-Plane 11 is available for Linux and seems to run quite well, but it's just not the same.  One of the reasons Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has appeal is that as you fly in different places, it downloads real-world map detail and weather information from the internet and renders the world in real-time; also, the graphics are really great.  X-Plane 11 does not do the real-time scenery or weather rendering; also its graphics are pretty good but maybe not to the level of Microsoft's.

Nightfox
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