Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Apr 26 2022 20:57:21

 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 couple
 Ni> years, there are a couple of pieces of software I've been using for
 Ni> Windows that use AI to upscale photos and videos (Topaz Labs Gigapixel
 Ni> and Video Enhance AI), and they don't make versions of those for Linux. 
 Ni> I'm not sure if similar AI-based software exists for Linux, but I'd be
 Ni> interested in checking.
 Ni> 
 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 also
 Ni> just like the way it works as far as little things like photo zooming,
 Ni> cropping, etc..  I've looked over the years and just haven't seen
 Ni> anything that I feel compares to IrfanView on Linux.
 Ni> 
 Ni> As far as games, there are some alternative options for some games in
 Ni> Linux, but often times, I'd rather play a specific game rather than an
 Ni> alternative. One example is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.  There are
 Ni> alternatives for Linux - namely, X-Plane 11 is available for Linux and
 Ni> seems to run quite well, but it's just not the same.  One of the reasons
 Ni> Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has appeal is that as you fly in
 Ni> different places, it downloads real-world map detail and weather
 Ni> information from the internet and renders the world in real-time; also,
 Ni> the graphics are really great.  X-Plane 11 does not do the real-time
 Ni> scenery or weather rendering; also its graphics are pretty good but
 Ni> maybe not to the level of Microsoft's.
 Ni> 
 Ni> Nightfox

It's a matter of what you are used to.  I used to use IrfanView, but I decided the hassle and cost of using Windows was not worth the little minor adjustments that I had to made.  However, when you start to use Linux, I mean, really use it, you begin to have the opposite problems, Linux programs and features which aren't available in Windows.  So I don't have IrfanView (I use sxiv or GwenView), but under Windows I don't have newsboat, qodem, cantata, emacs doesn't work as well, etc.

Switching OS is more for the meta-changes, that is, not about the applications, but how the computer works overall.  If one is happy with the Windows paradigm, can't see an advantage in a different paradigm, is OK with their OS being directed by MS, then changing is pointless.

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