well, I always try tetsing as root because I normally figure with how secure Linux is, it can be an access rights problem, in which case, root access would give me admin rights to the files and not prevent access (in the event that is the problem).
I have used Gimp but have spent several years using Photoshop, version 7 works pretty perfect and lightning fast thats why have never upgraded, I’ve done some stuff with Gimp, but still prefer Photoshop 7, although ideally, would be running this from Linux.
I’ve been using Linux on off for a few years now, although my university work is quite strict on the formatting of the word documents, and require them as .doc files, therefore I tend to not use openoffice, as the other day it messed up all my formatting, I currently use it to do my work, then switch to windows to format the word documents.
Thanks for the office wine realted links, I did search but noone really seemed to be having the same problem as me and so couldn’t find a relevant link. I’ll have a go at installing it using wine, much better, cheers
lynandal wrote:
> well, I always try tetsing as root because I normally figure with how
> secure Linux is, it can be an access rights problem, in which case, root
> access would give me admin rights to the files and not prevent access
> (in the event that is the problem).
don’t do it! yes, running as root will get around access
problems…but it will also CAUSE access and many other problems for
the regular user!!
that is, if you sign into KDE/Gnome/etc as root, and then navigate
into your own home directory you are very likely to mess up your /home
files access requirements…
not to mention that running a program like WINE as root, instead of as
a regular user just gives those foreign programs the rights to mess up
what ever they wish…
and, browsing as root is just an open invitation to any root kit or
trojan out there to Come on in!
don’t do it…if you need to trouble shoot a program and it is not
throwing up a “access denied” error you know automatically it is NOT a
permissions problem…
>
> well, I always try tetsing as root because I normally figure with how
> secure Linux is, it can be an access rights problem, in which case, root
> access would give me admin rights to the files and not prevent access
> (in the event that is the problem).
>
> I have used Gimp but have spent several years using Photoshop, version
> 7 works pretty perfect and lightning fast thats why have never upgraded,
> I’ve done some stuff with Gimp, but still prefer Photoshop 7, although
> ideally, would be running this from Linux.
>
> I’ve been using Linux on off for a few years now, although my
> university work is quite strict on the formatting of the word documents,
> and require them as .doc files, therefore I tend to not use openoffice,
> as the other day it messed up all my formatting, I currently use it to
> do my work, then switch to windows to format the word documents.
>
> Thanks for the office wine realted links, I did search but noone really
> seemed to be having the same problem as me and so couldn’t find a
> relevant link. I’ll have a go at installing it using wine, much better,
> cheers
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Al
> x
>
>
Not running as root is one of the main reasons *nix systems are inherently
more secure than Windoze.
