09-22-2019, 04:44 AM
[member=7109]Moltke[/member], why would you need a specific entire OS for professional translators? I mean, I do understand it comes with a suite of helpful tools, but is it not possible to install the same set of tools, say, on Linux Lite? Since you are a veteran Linux user, probably a single script prepared beforehand could do the job on any related system. Therefore, is it not more about the tools rather than the OS?
For the Linux, I do understand how it has never been about becoming a product and I respect that. There is wisdom to it. On the other hand, one cannot expect any casual PC user to suddenly become savored in techy details. Like, for example, if a system is lightweight or not. People can certainly appreciate if the thing runs better than something else of comparison - or at least if the thing is not too bothersome in what it does or how it does - but first, they need to have that comparison. Linux is full of comparison opportunities within own world, but to the outside, it does not really matter. Because what in particular of Linux do you compare versus Windows and MacOS? Ubuntu is the last attempt to actually make Linux a product, for which the Canonical gets a lot of flak from the community.
For the Linux, I do understand how it has never been about becoming a product and I respect that. There is wisdom to it. On the other hand, one cannot expect any casual PC user to suddenly become savored in techy details. Like, for example, if a system is lightweight or not. People can certainly appreciate if the thing runs better than something else of comparison - or at least if the thing is not too bothersome in what it does or how it does - but first, they need to have that comparison. Linux is full of comparison opportunities within own world, but to the outside, it does not really matter. Because what in particular of Linux do you compare versus Windows and MacOS? Ubuntu is the last attempt to actually make Linux a product, for which the Canonical gets a lot of flak from the community.