Re: Early-2014 Macbook Air and Linux Mint Cinnamon

On 25/06/2026 07:24, Your Name wrote:
> On 2026-06-25 01:17:08 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:
>> On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:35:05 +1200, Your Name wrote:
>>>
>>> None of the standard software runs on [Linux] for a start - no Adobe, 
>>> no Microsoft, etc. ...
>>
>> Microsoft 365 lists Linux as a supported platform, if you really want 
>> that. (Most of us don’t.)
> 
> "Microsfot 365" will work in anything because it's browser based ... 
> until Microsoft "upgrades" so it no longer works in an old web browser. 
> It's best to steer well clear of such silliness, as well as turning OFF 
> auto-updtes in any subscribed apps (if you're silly enough to subscribe 
> rather than actually buy your apps).
> 
> 
>> As for Adobe ... that doesn’t seem to get much use in high-end content 
>> creation, so who cares?
> 
> Adobe is MAINLY used in "high-end content creation" such as magazines, 
> movies, TV, etc. to the point of almost being industry standard.
> 
Yeah. It replaced Quark Express at least a decade ago. Having to make 
'collections' of fonts and images to go with the formatted text was a 
pain. PDFS embedded both.

Instead of sending a zip file to the printers, you sent a PDF


Sure, if you must run that stuff, you buy a Mac to run it on., Think of 
it it as a standalone 'creative' machine, not a general purpose computer.

The OS is completely irrelevant really, You boot into creative suite and 
stay there.

Same goes for high end CAD/CAM stuff. You never see the OS, only the 
application.


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