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Is it just a 'feeling' or do you have any profound numbers backing your thesis?
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This is what I see with many applications that I need.
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LaTeX's purpose is not to write spreadsheets. It's possible but it was originally created to write texts with mathematical symbols. Office suites cannot compete with LaTeX.
Another plus of LaTeX is: You can use any editor (VIM here) to write your text. Therefore its footprint is much lower than a bloated WYSIWYG office suite written in Java.
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LaTeX is great for math formulas.... But a WYSWIG editor is what I would use for it. Even 10 years ago there was a good one
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You already said so but what is so great about it?
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Stability, interface, ... everything that a bloated GUI can offer
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As for virtual machines, there's no need for an admin. They are not accessable from outside.
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I might have used a virtual machine that is not accessible from the outside 10 years ago. Now I need Internet, USB drives mounted and unmounted in real time, printing,... If all of these is enabled in a Windows installed onto a virtual machine, then why would I need Linux at all?
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Why not? They are working after all.
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some features are working.
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Image rotation and cropping?! It's both supported by GNOME's default image viewer, eog.
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I bring 1000-2000 pictures from a trip. Making redundant steps is not a good option for me.
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Nah, I meant: What you are expecting from the developers?
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Since it is free, I don't expect anything.
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Sorry, but you cannot command the developers what to do.
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Command??? Even when you pay for a mass product software, you can't possibly command.
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Despite all that, you're making an impression of being pretty dissatisfied with Linux... |
It is the lesser of two evils
IMHO it is only the beginning. The major problem with Linux is that most programs are written for Windows. And since there are so many of them, there is a choice almost everywhere. And there lots of really nice applications for Windows that I like. The only thing I want is to see more software well written for Linux. But I don't really expect this to happen anytime soon. At least the number of installations is growing and this is promising.