On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Tim Wegner wrote: (...)
This idea could be extended. We could make a Linux bootable CD that ran Xfractint, and then you COULD save the files to the NT file system, but then you'd need to know something about Linux. There are many solutions, all of which require SOME special computer expertise.
Knoppix has been recommended to me, and from what little I know about it (one, bootable CD, that doesn't need access to the hard drive unless you want swap space for virtual memory) it would make Xfractint more easily portable, right down to "The GIMP" and print drivers or ghostscript for making PDF that seems to be in favour with the print shops. This is how I do that now (with GhostScript 5.11), after printing to a PostScript file with Opera 3.62: @echo off gs386 -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE#pdfwrite -sOutputFile#%1.pdf -f %1.ps The hard part is burning these massive files to a CD-R. We'll hav to send Mister Osuch some bad drugs or loose wimin or something to get him to bring Xfractint to the same calibre as the the DOS version (actually, XFractint probably has bigger calibre, but there are still a few things in it that are broken). Either that or everybody who works with Fractint will be stuck with more than one operating system. _______ Shaw's Principle: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.