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hkshooter wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote: Does Mac OS X Leopard count?

Since OS X is a linux build, you can run a lot of GNU Linux programs in it, and I used to have a copy of Gimp running on my iBook.

OS X is actually BSD 4.4 based, not linux.

But I definitely say it counts!!!

I stand corrected. I thought that BSD was just another distributor of Linux interfaces, like KDE, or Gnome. Shows how much I know about it.

Several times I almost converted my PCs (back when I still had PCs) to Linux, just because I was so ticked off at Microsoft's clumsiness, but we are now an entirely Mac household with a 24" iMac, an iBook, and a MacBook, and the itch has been scratched. Interestingly, I still run Windoze XP in a virtual drive using Parallels Desktop so that I can double check my web coding in a PC environment in Internet Exploder. It's a ghastly ritual.

tfrazier wrote:Images I use are hosted on my blazing fast 64bit Linux server.

If anyone out there has anything really interesting to post but no place to host their images from, I can put it on my server for you and send back the link you need to insert. I have 2 TB of space sitting here, most of it doing nothing. I'll even resize it for you. Just don't expect it to happen immediately. Turn-around will depend on how busy I am with work and how many you guys send me.

I use Gimp to resize photos and stick to 400x600 pixels or less when posting an image in-line. Aside from promoting CHL, I am also spreading the gospel of Linux and open-source. I stopped giving Microsoft my money back in 2001.

Where are my Linux geek brethren on this forum?

Does Mac OS X Leopard count?

Since OS X is a linux build, you can run a lot of GNU Linux programs in it, and I used to have a copy of Gimp running on my iBook. But since I'm from the graphics industry for the past 20 years, I have a full version of Adobe CS2, and PhotoShop is my meat. I confess that, having a 24" monitor, I have to be circumspect and remember that the rest of the world isn't always so fortunate, and resize my graphics accordingly. Depending on the board, I usually resize for a 640x or 800x width, at 72 px/in, even though the base resolution for Mac is 96 px/in. Whether I save as a .gif, .jpg, or .png depends on the resulting file weight. I also typically save .jpgs at 80% resolution, which gives a nice enough detail while keeping the file weight down.