Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the instructions on installing this on Linux.  It doesn't
sound to hard, but I have been using linux for the past few years as
my primary PC.  I have a dual boot machine, that lets me use
WindowsXP, which I keep there *only* because I had to run Photoshop,
and my Piezo plugin, which is windows based.

I too have become somewhat disillusioned with the Piezo system- both
with the cost of the inks, and with the knowledge that I am going to
have to fork out more money for the new curves, after only owning the
system for a relatively short time.

I have just purchasd some of Paul's inks from MIS, and am anticipating
using the freely available curves in conjunction with my Photoshop
under Windows XP.  The thought of doing my workflow entirely within
Linux intrigues me, however!

My question:

What does the Quad2-rip gain me, considering the above?  Obviously, I
wouldn't have to use Windows, as I am planning on using Photoshop via
Wine/Crossover Office within Linux, and am printing with the cups
driver, I guess.

Is the Quad2-rip essentially a freely available set of curves, created
independently of Paul, which have the benefit of being able to be used
in a Mac/Linux environment?  Are the curves similar to the 4
warm-2-cool curves that Paul has?  Are there any other aspects of this
way of printing that I may not be understanding completely?

Thanks for the clues!

I hope the bugs can be worked out to use this entirely within Linux,
and not have to "samba" over to a windows box, as I am trying to break
forever my dependency on Redmond....