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Posted by Michael Kornblum
Michael Kornblum
17,362 Points

Are there any linux users here who are feeling left out?

Although the lion's share of technologies I have seen on site are platform neutral, I wouldn't mind seeing a little more love for folks who use GIMP instead of photoshop, Inkscape instead of Illustrator, etc. Maybe mentioning some open source alternatives to "industry standards" would assist in lowering the barrier of to those who wish to enter the field of web design.

With this in mind, I'd like to ask if there's any users of Linux based operating systems or FLOSS out there? What tools to you use, and how would you describe your workflow?

6 Answers

Rochak shrestha
Rochak shrestha
3,196 Points
Rochak shrestha
Rochak shrestha
3,196 Points

Yes, there is and I am. :D I use ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. And instead of Photoshop I use Gimp for my daily image editing.

James White
James White
6,159 Points
James White
James White
6,159 Points

I wish there was a class on Fireworks. :)

Michael Kornblum
Michael Kornblum
17,362 Points
Michael Kornblum
Michael Kornblum
17,362 Points

Thanks Rochak. I've been using Kubuntu 12.04. For wireframes and some widgets, I use Inkscape, but I also use GIMP for final mockups. For text editors I tend to bounce between Bluefish, Geany, and Eclipse with the Aptana plugin. For preprosessing I'm pretty much a command line jockey. as I haven't found a good substitute for CodeKit. And there is also a very good browser plugin for Firefox called Autoloader.

Anyone else out there besides Adobe boy? Just joking James(lol).

Michael Gailey
Michael Gailey
841 Points
Michael Gailey
Michael Gailey
841 Points

Yes I'm a Linux user and feel they should include linux in the courses. They should also update some courses to be current with the languages version. Ruby on Rails is giving me issues with the beginning comands.

Michael Kornblum
Michael Kornblum
17,362 Points
Michael Kornblum
Michael Kornblum
17,362 Points

What aspects of Linux and FLOSS do you think they should cover? Ruby and the Rails platform are pretty much cross platform technologies. My personal hit list includes GIMP and Inkscape. Also, a decent tutorial for installing rvm and even wordpress under Ubuntu would be nice. Python and Django would also be particularly tasty.

Rochak shrestha
Rochak shrestha
3,196 Points
Rochak shrestha
Rochak shrestha
3,196 Points

Yes, Gimp is my personal favorite to be included in the list.