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1. derpyshy / chem

   @cavatina (Taken with phone, because bad WiFi) What meant, was which of these two things yout hoof should be covered in :) http://ur1.ca/9tur5

   
   Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:03:52 UTC from MuSTArDroid
   1. Katy Brown

      @derpyshy Umm, spikes~

      Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:04:17 UTC from web
      1. derpyshy / chem

         @cavatina Okay ^.^

         Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:06:40 UTC from MuSTArDroid
   2. Omni

      @derpyshy Wait, is that Photoshop? AFAIK that's not cross-platform-compatible, so unless you're fine with switching to GIMP or Inkscape, you should at least leave Windows on your dual-boot (WINE should work, but is never really a great solution).

      Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:05:48 UTC from web
      1. Scribus

         @omni I might suggest a virtual machine so that using Photoshop doesn't require a reboot every time, though I know that's still not *optimal.*

         Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:07:00 UTC from web
         1. Omni

            @scribus That's not a bad idea per-se, but as far as I know his laptop is quite weak, and running Windows 7 AND Xubuntu/Lubuntu will only make it slower than only Windows 7.

            Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:08:22 UTC from web
            1. Scribus

               @omni Ah, got it. Yeah, trying to run two OSes at once is definitely not a light load. >.<

               Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:09:27 UTC from web
               1. Bit Shift

                  @scribus Actually, if your hardware supports VT-x (or its AMD counterpart that I don't recall the name of), it can be fairly light depending on _what_ guest OS is in use. But not for two full desktop OSes, yeah.

                  Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:11:16 UTC from web
      2. derpyshy / chem

         @omni *brainsplosion* I hope it is :S

         Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:07:47 UTC from MuSTArDroid
         1. Omni

            @derpyshy Well, it can't hurt to give Xubuntu or Lubuntu a try using Wubi. It's not as fast as it can be then, but at least you can see if you'll like it enough in general to consider a real installation: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer (If you get to this step: http://www.ubuntu.com/sites/www.ubuntu.com/files/active/02_ubuntu/windows-installer-4.png just choose "Lubuntu" or "Xubuntu" under "Desktop environment"). But no, there is (still) no Photoshop for Linux. But seeing how much popularity Linux is gaining, and even Steam coming to it, I think it'll be only a matter of time.

            
            Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:18:29 UTC from web
            1. Katy Brown

               @omni Off topic, but is there anywhere i can...talk to you? It's about my Owner...

               Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:21:02 UTC from web
               1. Omni

                  @cavatina Do you have MSN, Gtalk or Steam?

                  Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:22:29 UTC from web
                  1. Katy Brown

                     @omni I'd say Gtalk but i need to sort out my contacts, so i just have steam i guess. *hugs*

                     Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:23:20 UTC from web
                     1. Omni

                        @cavatina #hugs I can't promise much availability on Steam, but I should be available for at least half an hour. Here is my Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/TheLastProject Gtalk is Omnicrox (if you want to add me there later)

                        Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:25:16 UTC from web
            2. derpyshy / chem

               @omni Okay. But you'll have to tell me that when I get home :P I can't do that here x3

               Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:24:42 UTC from MuSTArDroid
               1. Omni

                  @derpyshy Just tell me when you're home then :P

                  Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:25:53 UTC from web
            3. derpyshy / chem

               @omni Also, it shut down because of Skype + moving 1GB of ponies to an external harddrive.....

               Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:25:41 UTC from MuSTArDroid
      3. Bit Shift

         @omni Wine is also a "papering over the cracks" solution, rather than a "filling in the cracks" solution - simulating the Windows API is a bad solution compared to actually getting a native port, if both are equally viable.

         Tuesday, 24-Jul-12 21:08:09 UTC from web