Mac/Linux Thread

[Phaze]

Yeah, I think eventually FlashDevelop will become ported for Linux, being open-source I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet

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As for the obscure programs, some of them will never get ported over

Well I suppose you could always spearhead the porting effort if your need grows great enough

Yeah I'm very familiar with those obscure programs that are nevertheless essential for certain niche functions. Thankfully I'm usually not dependent on any of those. Could always keep a copy of Win7 on a computer/partition or even in a virtual machine you only use for such things!

touchpads

DE

Unity

WINE

Well I use a USB mouse too, but the thing is that I prefer to use the touchpad for convenience's sake since I don't actually use my Laptop on a desk

Yeah I've used KDE in the past, similar stuff. The biggest thing I hated is how it basically hijacked my install and didn't clean itself up properly after I removed it.

Unity DOES look great... but it's not something I like as such. It's just awkward for me to use and there are performance concerns I suppose (but those aren't the decider).

Yeah, WINE is pretty awesome. Some things I had trouble with though were WLM 8.5 (even after tweaking) and Skype 5.5 (which wouldn't even render the login screen )