Warning about HP Laptops - incompatibility with Win 10 Creators Update

[Mouse]

Thank you, Straf

I will most definitely have a good read and maybe a play, if I can find my memory stick.

I was just browsing around a bit and found this.

I know you are on Linux (or were, until you had issues with your PC), and I also remember you had the odd issue with GIMP. Any thoughts?

EDIT: OMG! double ninjad by ChickPea and Falconius!

I'll read your comments a bit closer before I respond

[Non Serviam]

I've been a Linux user for years and I've never had any trouble with the GIMP at all. I suggest Linux Mint as the best flavour for someone coming from Windows.

[Mark Oliva]

I've been a Linux user for years and I've never had any trouble with the GIMP at all. I suggest Linux Mint as the best flavour for someone coming from Windows.

I don't use LINUX, but my son (a professional programmer) does, and he certainly would agree with you 100%. However, there are a number of issues CC3+ users will have with LINUX Windows emulations, although CC3+ will run there.

[Mouse]

Thank you, Non Serviam - that's good to know

Thank you - all of you, for your advice and suggestions about Linux. I'm very grateful for all your help and support

[Straf]

WINE Is Not an Emulator!

[Mark Oliva]

WINE Is Not an Emulator!

That's quite correct. Did someone say that it is? I didn't see that. However, according to the beta testers, it also has issues with CC3+

[Straf]

That's quite correct. Did someone say that it is? I didn't see that. However, according to the beta testers, it also has issues with CC3+

I'm being pedantic. I don't think any of the Windows 'emulators' for Linux are true emulators. They're application compatibility layers. They parse the incoming system calls from an application and translate them into the native machine's kernel code's system calls. An emulator is some software that mimics an instruction set from, say, a CPU, in order to run software. It's like machine within a machine. Then there's virtualisation which is like an operating system within an operating system. If Venn diagrams were drawing I'd say there'd be a few unions within them though.

[Ilanthar]

@ChicKPea & Falconius : Would you recomend Ubuntu Budgie? I downloaded Ubuntu 16.04 and I have previous experiences with Mint... But well, I havn't installed Linux yet (I can't figure out how to boot on the USB Key, it's a mystery...), therefore, I can change.

[Falconius]

As I said, I have no experience with it or with any recent distro, it's just the one that really caught my fancy. Chickpea recommended avoiding it due to technical issues and user friendliness and just sticking with a mainstream Ubuntu distro for ease of transition.

[J.Edward]

Maybe CP can answer for this or any other Linux user...
so, if you are running Linux, could you run some sort of android emulator?
And if so, then run apps from the android store?
Thus, you could run sketchbook pro and photoshop and some others.
It wouldn't be quite the same as the full app experience, but might suffice for some.
And it would conceivably be super cheap by comparison.