Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Roger L Sopher 
> I agree with you completely. I used linux (Redhat 9 at the time) 
and 
> QTR for the better part of a year when I was using an Epson 860 
with 
> the MIS-VM ink-set. Worked like a charm. I went to a 2200 and 
couldn't 
> solve a couple of problems in the filters and print queue. I've 
tried 
> Fedora, SUSe and Mandrake and ran into the same problem. That 
pushed me 
> into getting an old Mac from ebay and it has been clear sailing 
since.
> 
> Wine and CrossOver have gone a long way to making it a more than 
viable 
> substitute for windows but if one has to get into the guts of the 
> system it isn't an easy chore for the uninitiated. Close but not 
quite 
> there.

So I'm still a little unclear what the answer to my question was:

Is there a good way to download and convert my Nikon RAW files onto 
my SuSE Linux box?   I really don't want to try to get Wine up and 
running because I've been told that it's still pretty flakey; I'm 
really not interested in trying to poke around and edit a lot of 
config files; and anyway what's the point of even using Linux if I'm 
going to be using it to simulate Windows?   

Linux runs a great web server, which was my original motive for 
getting it and starting to learn a little about it.  But if it's not-
ready-for-prime-time WRT to reading .NEF's then let's just say so, so 
I won't waste any time on it.