Saturday, March 5, 2011

Windows Woes

It appears that I decided to buy a laptop at just the right time. My trusted desktop, which I have run Ubuntu Linux on for years, has bit the dust. I got a laptop preloaded with Windows7 on it and thought I would keep it thus-ly so I could play some of the old D&D-esque games on it that I have lying around - Can you say, "Diablo?"

Anyway, I have found that much of what I have amassed during those years are no long compatible with my latest OS.  = (  GIMP is no longer an easy option (doesn't appear to have a stable x64 Window$ release), and I have no desire to fork out the cash for Photo-Shop, etc. I guess I will have to see what I can salvage from my external before I decide if I want to; keep Window$, dual boot, or go whole hog and change it to Linux...

Until then, I have been rebuilding a new Ukarea in Hexographer, which I am pleased with thus far, while skimming old blog posts in my blog list to see how I want to continue... If nothing else, trying to figure out how to recreate what I have done with the new OS has inspired me to push on with the project.

Best,
TB

2 comments:

  1. I've not had any problems with windows 7 and oss graphics programs like gimp (I've been using 2.6,the 64 bit version with hexgrid) or inkscape (or any other application for that matter - remember you can set the program OS compatibility in the launch properties). I am a linux fan as well but I found windows 7 to be a real good platform actually.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks Todd, will have to check it out. I will look anywhere for a reason to meander back to Linux I believe.

    Best,
    TB

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.