[OT] Re: lightzone

[Ken Moffat]

Keith Antoine wrote:
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>>> I am saying that Lightzone is in universal code and wondered if this 
>>> worked on linux as well as MAC. 
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>> My impression is lightzone is written in java, but seems to have unique 
>> graphics code for linux vs windows. The developers have stopped linux 
>> support and have no linux versions available. Bummer, since what they 
>> say about it on the forums is pretty fantastic. It seems one of the 
>> developers used linux and believed in the open source community's give 
>> and take, but apparently that has changed. Maybe version 2.1 for linux 
>> might be found out there somewhere, don't know. I would like to try it 
>> myself, althought I don't use raw. They say jpg editing is lossless in 
>> lightzone, and the interface is simple and effective.
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> Oh Well! maybe oneday:  been saying this for too long.
> Looks like I'll have to use it in winders, maybe I'll use VMware on 
> linux if it runs natively now. I have plenty of memory
> nowadays to afford virtual ware and the grunt of dual core. Anyone had 
> experience with any of the virtual drive software.
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As an aside:
There is a linux version of picasa (actually using wine) which is pretty 
nice for photo organizing. I have been using f-spot, which is native 
linux and works well, but picasa has a lot of nice features. The one I 
use, export to web Gallery, is missing in picasa, although it does 
export as webpage. Of course, the wine usage is a bit windowsesque, but 
ya takes da bad wit da good.