What programs would you like to see ported to Linux?

mrgo · 04-01-2018, 02:41 AM

Chessbase

jlinkels · 04-01-2018, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Zdenko

- Endnote
- ChemDraw (ChemOffice)
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I am an organic chemist. With these two on Linux, I could ENTIRELY stop using Windows.

In reality, it won't happen; Endnote has shown no interest in being Linux friendly, and neither has ChemDraw. ChemDraw, in fact, is an expensive proprietary business that throws even Mac users under the bus. Organic chemists look left and right and see physicists and biologists using Linux and wonder why we can't do the same. And Endnote and Chemdraw are the reasons.

It seems that EndNote has a web version? But I know, web versions often do not even compare remotely with desktop versions of the same program.

Chemdraw is a weird thing of course. The academic world lives (lived?) with Unix, Linux and Latex and still such companies are able to push universities towards Windows and proprietary software.

jlinkels

linuxbawks · 04-02-2018, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Zdenko

- Endnote
- ChemDraw (ChemOffice)
--
I am an organic chemist. With these two on Linux, I could ENTIRELY stop using Windows.

In reality, it won't happen; Endnote has shown no interest in being Linux friendly, and neither has ChemDraw. ChemDraw, in fact, is an expensive proprietary business that throws even Mac users under the bus. Organic chemists look left and right and see physicists and biologists using Linux and wonder why we can't do the same. And Endnote and Chemdraw are the reasons.

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Questions you might be tempted to ask me:

> Have you thought about Mendeley/Zotero/some other ref manager?
Yes. None of them support composite references, which are the default format in organic chemistry journals.

> Have you thought about a chemistry structure drawing program that is Linux native?
Yes. The closest thing to ChemDraw is ChemDoodle. It's a valiant effort, but it's nothing like as functional or useful. To say nothing of that fact that no one I know uses it. Which means you can't send them files with chemical structures and expect them to be able to edit them. And no journals support them.

As an organic chemist don't you think you have bigger things to worry about than using Windows? Ubuntu isn't much better either.

33Nicolas · 04-02-2018, 07:24 AM

I hope I didn't miss this from the thread, but as an organic chemist, why not get a well sported out Linux box and virtualize Windows for these two programs, using Linux for the rest. Heck, you could do the same, albeit more expensive, with Apple.

I hear you. I'm 90% comfortable but I still miss that stupid GarageBand that makes podcasting a cinch. Audacity is great but it's as drab and linear as coder's convention (no offense coders, in fact, the opposite).

For pictures, I like Krita but come to rest of Dark Table since I shoot a lot and need to see which ones I keep.

JormaH · 04-02-2018, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by linuxbawks

As an organic chemist don't you think you have bigger things to worry about than using Windows? Ubuntu isn't much better either.

Was this your opinion a good answer to this question?
Do not blame another if you can not answer the question!

Crippled · 04-05-2018, 05:28 PM

What would be nice for Linux is a G.U.I. device manager like Windows has that you can view and change the drivers on all your hardware. This is one of the good things I miss from Windows.

linuxbawks · 04-05-2018, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Crippled

What would be nice for Linux is a G.U.I. device manager like Windows has that you can view and change the drivers on all your hardware. This is one of the good things I miss from Windows.

dmidecode. Better but no GUI as not necessary.

Crippled · 04-05-2018, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by linuxbawks

dmidecode. Better but no GUI as not necessary.

That's not what I am looking for. G.U.I. is a must need.

linuxbawks · 04-05-2018, 06:27 PM

Well then give hardinfo a try.

Crippled · 04-05-2018, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by linuxbawks

Well then give hardinfo a try.

Thanks for the recommendation. It's not what I was looking for as that just shows the hardware and nothing about the drivers. Hardinfo does look similar to the System Profiler and Benchmark that MX-17.1 Linux has. Also can't change drivers if I wanted to. I am looking for one that is similar to the device manager in Windows with similar capabilities which would be a Linux device manager.

fatmac · 04-06-2018, 05:22 AM

Since starting with Linux back in 1999, I've always wondered why we don't have a simple wordprocessor/spreadsheet/database program like MS Works, most people really don't need the power of Open/Libre Office, nor do they want the size of it.

lax luthier · 04-06-2018, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by kimdino

Thanks for the tip, but:-
Very limited layer support.
No clone brush.
Unclear text, maybe colours & font can be tweaked but in light of the above there is no point in looking.

I'm happy to live with the Gimp for now, now that I've discovered the 'Single Window Mode' setting.

Where in Gimp can I locate and choose this "single window" mode? Thanks.

cwizardone · 04-06-2018, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by lax luthier

Where in Gimp can I locate and choose this "single window" mode? Thanks.

In the menu bar along the top of the screen pick "Windows" and then
"Single-Window Mode."

cwizardone · 04-06-2018, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kimdino

Thanks for the tip, but:-
Very limited layer support.
No clone brush.
Unclear text, maybe colours & font can be tweaked but in light of the above there is no point in looking.

I'm happy to live with the Gimp for now, now that I've discovered the 'Single Window Mode' setting.

"Very limited layer support"?
What version of The Gimp are you using?

ondoho · 04-06-2018, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Crippled

G.U.I. is a must need.

why?
no honestly, can you explain why it is a MUST?