Windows can read PDFs more reliably than Linux distros. Some distros PDFs crash in and become unreadable. Before I deleted Windows 11 Pro on this laptop I tested PDFs on it. It loaded and allowed instant scrolling through a book size PDF. The best PDF performance I’ve ever seen.
I’m also lazy enough to used windows 10 because I have Balena etcher installed on my Windows to laptop. It’s easy to download and flash Linux distros with it or just burn them to DVDs. If a distro crashes I always have the ability to try another. Linux Mint two distros of linux mint crashed on two separate laptops on the same day.
Just installed and tried it. Was good but inferior to Windows 11 Pro on the same laptop. The test was done with the same document [King Arthur Paladin 463 pages of fine print and illustrations. Using the scroll bar (or whatever it’s called on the right side) Okular blanked out when quickly scrolling through the PDF, while Windows 11 Pro kept loading as fast as I could scroll. TY for Okular, as I said I deleted Windows 11 pro however much impressed with it PDF functioning. One great point does not make a bad OS worth keeping.
That is easy. Photoshop/Lightroom, and their related plugins. I have tried everything I could find in linux, and there has been massive movement in the right direction. Problem is I have been using Photoshop since 1989 - a very deep dive. It provided my livelihood. Getting old makes one a bit irrational about little things like Gimp insisting on forcing their propriety image format (container file) during a “Save As” - I should be able to pick whatever container file I want. - See, not rational However, even Gimp is moving in the right direction - imo.
@jmarkus it’s completely “normal” to become very familiar with a tool, or in this case, a specific application. It can be challenging to move on to something else, particularly when the old tool is not available, such as the Photoshop/Lightroom example you shared. What is completely normal and rational to some is not familiar, rational or familiar. The fact that you deal with Gimp is an indication that you manage what you do well.
In my professional career I used Photoshop on windows and mac. There is a ton of stories about performance differences I have that I’ll skip - however, both platforms use the exact same gui. I’ve got CS2 to work on different distros years ago, but it was buggy. If adobe could make a linux based version of their software I think people would be surprised at the performance improvements. Sometimes it seems those previously mentioned platforms just use brute hardware force, and avoid efficient code. Likely there isn’t any market share to gain, but things done properly are more rewarding. It’s like the first time I used htop - I had to admire such a straight forward and effective task manager-like app - only a few kb in size. Now that Adobe is subscription only, and rolling improvements are constant - it is like trying to pick up jello off the floor. It will never happen. I don’t know how well I manage my photos. I do the best I can with the tools I have.
