Re: [orca-list] New Linux user, needing higher quality speech...

[Josh K <joshknnd1982 gmail com>]

if you are totally blind for me to run itunes in linux i would need to 
set up a windows virtual machine. On the other hand if I were starting a 
business from scratch and if I were the CEO or boss... I would have all 
linux Ubuntu desktops and probably talking arch servers or debian 
servers. This is because businesses get audited and when the audits come 
I would not want to take the chance of folks running pirated software on 
my business machines. So businesswise I would run linux on all machines. 
desktops for the clients and probably debian for the servers.

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On 5/16/2015 4:59 AM, kk wrote:
> On Saturday 16 May 2015 06:46 AM, Josh K wrote:
> > If linux did support all my favorite applications out of the box like 
> > windows does I would certainly switch full time. but it does not, so 
> > I need to stay with windows full time and use linux as a hobby OS for 
> > now. I need itunes for example to manage my apple tv, my entire 
> > family uses windows. they won't switch because they use itunes, 
> > spotify, ms-office, windows only games that require direct-x and so 
> > on. sorry to say Linux just won't take off until it gets more windows 
> > apps compiled for linux in its various app stores and repositories. 
> > Most folks its been my experience care about well will it support 
> > itunes? i need itunes for this or that or I need some feature that 
> > sound forge or band in a box only supports. well then you need 
> > windows. if you are in a position where you can go without by all 
> > means use your favorite linux distro. If you can do without and do 
> > not need itunes, or ms office, or some other native windows apps a 
> > linux distro will work just fine. if not stay with windows and run 
> > some open source stuff in it.
>
> Well It is not about Linux being able to compile all that proprietary 
> stuff.
> It can be done I guess and Whine does a good job of running Windows apps.
> But These all are proprietary software which does not respect the 
> basic digital freedom of users.
> In proprietary software there are a lot of harmful things and a lot of 
> bad things can happen with you.
> I Have been using Linux full time and libre office does my work pretty 
> well, I have firefox and Thunderbird taking care of internet and email.
> I use Eclipes for programming as I am a programmer.
> All this happens without compromizing my basic digital freedom and 
> there is total transparency about how the program actually does it's 
> work (If I ever doubt it's security etc)
> So all the substitutes are available and Ubuntu or almost all distros 
> do a great job.
> Being an international software consultent, I need a virus free, 
> transparent system on which I can rely upon and that gives me total 
> freedom.
> So that's why I seriously never found a point in compiling the said 
> proprietary softwares on Linux.
> happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.