Re: Anyone newly interested in Debian - you're welcome here
On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:45:56 -0400
Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> wrote:
>
> Only reason my wife's not on linux (anymore) is because the new
> paper-cutter thing (by cricut) needs windows-only drivers and I'm not
> allowed to take it apart and start probing around.
It probably actually runs on something somewhere on the spectrum
between original HPGL and current PDF. There are a few DIY efforts out
there, but the obvious intention is a walled garden.
>
> ... but also their whole website is bogus and with my luck would ALSO
> do some user-agent checks now. Ugh, why is everything a web-app :(
>
Because it's platform-independent, as long as you don't do stupid
one-browser-only tricks. My assorted home software will run on her
Windows computer, my Debian sid and both Android and iOS mobile phones.
Before I started with Linux, I had a moderate exposure to Delphi and MS
Access, neither of which at the time had any near-equivalent on Linux.
Access obviously had excellent database connectivity. I fiddled with
Libroffice Base for long enough to know there were more bugs than
working code in it, and Linux ODBC was disastrous. I looked at Perl, and
a couple of my older programs are written in it, but eventually settled
on PHP. Only one interpreter to fight with, and no worries about 'will
it work on the next Windows?'
That's why, although there is also the possibility of acquiring free
content. I'd be willing to bet that using a web application for
creative purposes requires clicking on an agreement which gives the
host at least some rights over the created material. If it's free...
--
Joe
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