“However, have a look at alternatives. Do you really need Windows Media Player, Microsoft Office or Adobe Photoshop? Or would VLC, LibreOffice and GIMP do the job for you?”
VLC? Sure, I use it because it can play almost anything.
LibreOffice? Please, no. We use that thing at work, and I cannot stand how it is almost seems to be held together with duct tape and twine.
GIMP? If I wanted to use a version of Photoshop from 1999, I would just go find a copy at the Goodwill.
“GIMP? If I wanted to use a version of Photoshop from 1999, I would just go find a copy at the Goodwill.”
Haha, even Photoshop in 1999 was easier to use than GIMP. You can do a lot with it, but the frustration from trying to do even simple things with that interface is usually enough to get you to drop the seven hundred bucks for Photoshop!
“LibreOffice? Please, no. We use that thing at work, and I cannot stand how it is almost seems to be held together with duct tape and twine.”
Really? Can you be more specific? What version do you have? LibreOffice has reached version 5 and is claimed to be more compatible with MS Office files, although I have not tried it out yet. Lack of 100% format compatibility with Microsoft has been my only complaint, but I use the LO word processing and spreadsheets at my office nearly every day and find it very acceptable so long as I don’t have to exchange files with Microsoft.
Impress is more limited than PowerPoint, but I still was able to make a major presentation with it. I have read that Base is pretty lame.
We are agreed that VLC is a great program. GIMP is complicated and different from other graphics programs, but it probably has more potential than I’ll ever learn. I use it for the basics, to crop pictures or convert them to other formats.
I got Photoshop to run on Linux through WINE.