Plug-ins for Windows?
On Thursday 13 March 2003 09:34 pm, Mike wrote:
I just started using GIMP for Windows and am working through the
basic tutorial. I noted that right away it >wants me to use the
plug-ins for "plasma" and "bumpmap". However, I get the impression
that these plug-ins >are only available for Linux. Am I right
about that? If not, where can I get the Windows plug-ins?
I'm new at this also. Like John it looks to me like the Linux
version is better too. I was wondering if there is a way to
partition my hard drive with out reformatting so I can run Linux on
it?
Mike
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Great idea Mike! Most modern Linux distros will do the partitioning for
you as it installs, except if your drive is formatted NTFS. That seems
to still be an obscure file system and most recommend you set Windows
up with FAT32 instead. At that point you can read & write to it from
Linux.
If you should be NTFS already, then there are some partitioning programs
that will let you "squeeze" the Windows down to give Linux space on the
drive. If you have a very large drive now with 2 partitions already,
then give Linux the second. Linux will install a boot loader which
will let you move from one to the other easily.
Patrick
