Comments on: Some Great Linux Alternatives For 4 Tasks Normally Requiring Windows http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 18 May 2013 14:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: timmyjohnboy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1127570 timmyjohnboy Mon, 09 May 2011 05:13:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1127570 Yeah, eventually that’s my real answer.

]]> By: Metroidxprime http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1127569 Metroidxprime Mon, 09 May 2011 05:09:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1127569 Get a different printer i walked into Goodwill and bought a All in one Printer/Scanner/Copier and paid $7.00 works flawlessly with Linux

]]> By: Hammy Havoc http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1126642 Hammy Havoc Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1126642 Amahi is pretty interesting; Reminds me of the ClarkConnect OS if any of you remember it. Very friendly. Not my cup of tea, but I point people towards it as it is very good.

]]> By: timmyjohnboy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1126245 timmyjohnboy Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:08:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1126245 Yeah, my printer is a cheapo but they do have Linux drivers for it; they just don’t work.

]]> By: JohnBUK http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1126238 JohnBUK Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1126238 As a MS Money user, whilst in Windows, I tried Gnucash but found it less than intuitive. However downloaded and used KmyMoney on Ubuntu (gnome not KDE) and it’s very easy to run with as it mirrors MS Money quite closely.

]]> By: JohnBUK http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1126236 JohnBUK Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1126236 Re printing, in the end I junked my Canon Printer and bought an HP Deskjet 3050 all in one WiFi printer. HP provide Linux drivers and it runs just fine on Ubuntu 10.10.

]]> By: timmyjohnboy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125610 timmyjohnboy Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:29:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125610 I still have a few Ubuntu grievances like printer driver issues and lack of a few quality programs I still use Windows for.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125286 Anonymous Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125286 I installed MS Office 07 with WINE, but couldn’t print. So It’s sucked and my wife still needs Win7 to do homework. :(

]]> By: Gaurav Butola http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125276 Gaurav Butola Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:45:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125276 Its only because of Wine that I have deleted the windows partition completely. Pretty much everything has worked for me on Wine.

]]> By: Pfindan http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125275 Pfindan Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:31:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125275 I agree wine is an exellent alternatvie…. Using it i havemt booted into windows in mOnths!

]]> By: Gaurav Butola http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125274 Gaurav Butola Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:27:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125274 Use Wine, End of the Story.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125261 Lisa Tue, 05 Apr 2011 01:14:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125261 I love that makeuseof has so many Linux articles.

I have to say that although GIMP is super powerful, its too much for my needs. I use Pinta, which does a lovely job for easy photo editing.

I also hardly boot into Windows anymore.

Cheers.

]]> By: Danny Stieben http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125260 Danny Stieben Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:09:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125260 That’s great, timmyjohnboy. Not having a need to boot up Windows in almost all cases is a great achievement of computing freedom. Don’t forget that it only gets better from here. :)

]]> By: timmyjohnboy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/great-linux-alternatives-4-tasks-requiring-windows/#comment-1125250 timmyjohnboy Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=71967#comment-1125250 These are some good choices, some of which I use almost daily (such as GIMP). I almost never boot Windows anymore!

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