Savageduck
The advice he has been given is best described as arcane geekery.

sid
Floyd may well have given a geeky reply, some people like to use their computers in that fasion some do not. According to nospam he could work in exactly the same way with osx if he desired. Using the same software and scripts. osx ..... arcane?

nospam
he *could* because os x has unix at its core.

he could also use all of the advances that have happened in the past 30+ years.

why people want to remain in the past, i do not know.

sid
Because he likes to? Because he finds it works for him? Why are either of those things so offensive to you?

Savageduck
What I am saying is, the OP has issues processing the RAW Canon files produced in his 600D. So much so he can't tell the difference between shots taken with his G2 or the 600D. He is instant on his choice of OS, that is OK, it's his choice. However that choice limits him when it comes to solving the post processing issues he has.

sid
It only means he won't be running the same software as you. You seem to think that anyone not making the same choices as you is somehow at a disadvantage. That isn't so.

nospam
he absolutely is at a disadvantage because his choices are very limited.

sid
You have yet to demostrate how he is at a dissadvatage, he has the choices that he has, they will do what he wants, not running an adobe product is only a dissadvantage to you.

nospam
he has to come up with these crazy solutions because it's the only way.

sid
That statement alone shows you know nothing about running a linux desktop, everything you say about it is nothing but hot air.

Savageduck
So to fix his issues the OP is going to be jumping through the arcane Linux hoops,

sid
There are no arcane hoops to jump through, clicking icons and moving sliders is the same no matter what os you choose.

nospam
then why is floyd bragging about scripts and that everyone else is too stupid to create one?

sid
Because that is the way Floyd likes to work. Do you think that means everyone using a linux desktop works the same way?

Savageduck
when there are much more accessable solutions. I can't help him when it comes to those solutions, and if he insists on rejecting what is available because of an OS, all he is doing is exercising his dabbling in Linux and polishing his geek credentials.

sid
But your solutions are not more accessable to him are they?

nospam
they're very accessible. mac and windows systems are available to anyone.

sid
But that is not what the op has is it? That's not what he wants is it?

Savageduck
Personally I prefer to be able to concentrate on working on my photography, however good or bad it might be. How much improvement it might need, and know that I can do reasonably advanced editing and adjustment post processing using LR5 + PS running on OSX. I certainly don't have a "geek flag" to fly.

sid
So why are you so keen to berate others when they want to do the same thing but with different choices in os to you?

nospam
they can't do the same thing. that's the whole point.

sid
Of course they can,

Floyd and I have both shown images here that have been produced using the software you are so scathing about, Unlike yourself who has never shown that you even use a camera let alone all the software products.

I understand the investment in time and money you have put into osx and adobe software but none of that either makes you a better photographer or makes the op less able to improve his own photagraphy.

nospam
it makes the post processing far more productive and less of a hassle.

sid
It isn't a hassle,

nospam
why make things harder than they need to be?

sid
No idea.