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Re:Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X by alphonsegaston on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @10:36AM (#13309783)
The problem I'm finding with graphics work is that I'm more and more relying on scripted tasks to complete things efficiently or get around deficits in Adobe's software. I'd move to Windows, but I can't imagine giving up how easy a Unix-like environment makes things.
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Re:Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X by generic_user on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:25AM (#13310215)
There are multiple projects that give you a Linux user land on windows. Including bash, csh, perl, python, gcc and full toolchain. Msys2 project provides that. There are also alternative terminals.

A smarter way is to use python for automation. There are lots of graphics libraries and bindings to do what ever you want.

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Re:Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X by nnain on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:18AM (#13310155)
You might have heard by now that Windows 10 now comes with a full Ubuntu-based Bash shell that can run Linux software. Guess that covers your use case well!
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