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[Digital BW] Re: Linux/XP File Recognition

2004-04-23 by Tom Husband

>    Tom,
> 
>   I've gone all of these routes. If you are going to work from a
dual boot
> system I would seriously consider setting up the fat32 partition in
XP and
> then reloading Linux and including that partition as a vfat
partition called
> something like /photo. In the long run it will be the simplest way
around
> the editing/printing problem with QTR. I have a separate linux box
as well
> as an old beige mac (bought on ebay for $100.00) that I use for printing
> with QTR. I use both the USB flash memory route as well as a shared
> partition. Eventually I am going to bag the PC and get a more
capable mac,
> get a platform transfer of photoshop from adobe and quit fighting this.
> 
>   My Linux box runs circles around the mac in speed but it is an idiot
> savant printing system lacking much of the software I routinely use.
On the
> other hand it is a superb print engine.
> 
>   No perfect answer yet but I think you will like what you can do
with Linux
> and QTR even if the workflow is a bit cumbersome.
> 
>   Roger

Thanks again, Roger.  Will have to give this some thought as I'm new
to Linux and reloading everything is a little daunting at the moment.

Tom

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