Thanks Chris,
You make a very compelling case for using SHotwell on Linux. I will try it.
And I love Linux too, but I need to use a proprietary CAD package that does not have an equal in the Linux world.
I also use MS Excel because I can write some very useful macros in Excel’s Visual Basic for Applications. I have tried LibreOffice and it works well as a spreadsheet but it’s macro language is much harder to use than Microsoft’s VBA. I know Fortran IV, and GW-BASIC, and QBasic, so I find that VBA is quite intuitive and easy to write code in.
I’m in the process of learning Python because that might free me up from some of my dependence on MSoft.
I would love to drop Windows and move to Linux completely, but for now it’s just not possible.
The argument about which OS is best will never die. It is as timeless as the question of which political party is best Democrats or Republicans (USA), Liberal or Labor (Aust), Conservatives or Labour (UK)?