Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Apr 25 2022 21:56:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to Arelor <=-

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

I don't do any of that photo/video stuff, so can't recommend anything as 
I just don't know what's out there for Linux.  Probably quite searchable 
though.

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

I use 'Geeqie' as my photo viewer, and have been happy with it.

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

This may be worth looking at:  https://www.flightgear.org/



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