[cumbria_lug] Making the leap...

[Adam Pigg]

On Sunday 23 May 2010 12:54:52 Barry Drinkwater wrote:
> Ok, so I'm on my third 'try' of Linux having originally tried Mandrake way
> back (too much like hard work) and Ubuntu (had a problem with IPv6). I'm
> studying the Open University's Linux course (T155) on a laptop running
> Vista. My usual OS is XP, but that's upstairs and after spending 6.5 years
> studying for my OU degree on it (finished a couple of years ago), hidden
> away from life, I decided I'd do T155 on the laptop downstairs.
> 
> And... Vista is just awful. How did it get through MS quality testing? It
> makes me angry when I use it!
> 
> I've been running Ubuntu in Virtual Box for T155, but I've just installed
> it to its own partition to get a nicer Linux experience. The reason for
> posting is that I'm quite tempted to go the whole hog and drop Vista
> altogether. However, there are some applications which I'd still need to
> use. These are Adobe Photoshop Elements (for cataloging my photos) and
> Acronis Online Backup.
> 
> So the question is, do I dump Vista and try and get these to run in Wine,
> or keep a small Windows partition?
> 
> The other alternative is to find Linux software that does the same job. I
> know there is a beta version of Google Picasa for Linux - does anyone know
> if it's possible to transfer tags from Elements to Picasa?
>
I use digikam for storing my photo albums, its really rather good.  And 
dropbox for online storage, you get 2gb free, and extra for referrals 
(www.getdropbox.com, use my link so i get 250mb free :)  
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIwMTY1MTE5 )

> Regarding Acronis Online Backup, this is used to backup photos, music,
> documents etc. These are held on an external NTFS drive. Is it possible for
> Ubuntu to use this disk? If so, I could just find another FTP based online
> storage provider and use Linux FTP software.
> 
> Any help/thoughts most welcome.
> 
> Barry