hellish - don't bother

[Andres Tello Abrego]

I have a brand new graphics designer...

He has a 3 months  for switching from Photoshop/Corel/Windows to 
Gimp/Sodipodi/Scribus/Linux...

Of course, SO asisted, and some applications asisted...

I expect to have a review of his experience... About making things in 
linux, importing or exporting to/from windows... and the capabilities of 
Gimp/Sodipodi/Scribus for the "average joe" designer and "learning 
curve"...

And I´m refering for the average joe designer, no a top noch designer...



Eric Dunbar wrote:
> [With Linux]
> 
>>You can get a functional system (which has QAQC issues in apps) that
>>can do MORE than and is as good as what you could get from
>>Microsoft/Intel in the early-1990s FOR FREE (there's r, a stats
>>language, OO.org, GIMP, NVU, etc.). Plus, you have exceptional
>>over-all system stability (even if the apps themselves are flakey).
> 
> 
> I meant to also say...
> 
> "Running software that would've cost THOUSANDS of dollars FOR FREE."
> 
> When you tally up the costs of such things as GIMP, OO.org, r, all the
> free compilers and scripting languages (e.g. PERL), web servers, etc.
> you can easily come to a few thousand dollars (or whatever currency
> you use). BUT, you cannot use the cost of MS Office or Photoshop when
> doing your calculations -- open source analogues are simply not in the
> same league as these packages. Realistic comparisons can be made with
> the likes of Microsoft Works, and, well, I can't think of a "simple"
> commercial photo editor off the top of my head for GIMP (GIMP is neat,
> but it's like comparing a motorised bicycle with a wood seat going 5
> km/h with a Benz going 80 km/h. Yeah, both will eventually get you to
> where you're going, but you can travel 1000 km in 12 hours and be
> fairly rested when you get to your destination, or you can take 20 12
> hour days on your motobike to do the same and be exhausted when you
> get there).
> 
> Eric.
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