Astronomy, Graphics & Video Software [WAS: VMWare / Wine]

[Tommy Trussell]

I can't help with most of these but ...

On 2/22/07, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 02/22/2007 12:46 PM, Peter Garrett wrote:
> > Looking at your original post in the previous thread, I notice that you are
> > entirely focused on working out a way to run Windows - is there any
> > possibility that you could use Linux for the needs your users have?
...
> (2) Yes, I think Linux is a good idea.  That's why I run it on my laptop
> as the most used OS.  However, there are a few windows apps that I still
> need. Mostly related to my astronomy hobby.  Until I find a linux
> replacement . . .
...
> Ok, But if anyone responds to any of these, might I suggest starting a
> new thread???
>
> Cartes du Ciel - Yes there is a linux version in Beta.  It is very rough
> around the edges.  The windows version is a little clunky, the linux
> version is worse, both usability and display.  (For planetarium
> software, minimum requirement is the ability to select and deselect
> catalogs on the fly including the Tycho-2, WDS, SAO, etc.  )  If that
> was the ONLY reason I still needed windows, I'd probably bite the bullet
> and buy XEphem.


> Virtual Moon Atlas - Not even a Beta AFAIK

How about http://moon.google.com/   --?

> registax - able to extract frames from an avi, select the least
> distorted frames, align, stack and process into an image, with
> selections for "drizzle" mode, derotation, wavelet processing, etc.
> (This one says it runs under wine, but I'll need to upgrade to version 4)


> WinOccult - A program for predicting lunar and asteroid occultations of
> bright stars,

How about http://occult.tungstentech.com/default.aspx  --?

> HP PhotoDelux (like Photoshop Lite) -- Yes, yes, I know that the Gimp is
> supposed to be great - and I am determined to spend the time to figure
> it out if I can, (especially since Photodelux is on the home desktop and
> not the lappy where it belongs.) But it seems to me that the interfaces
> are completely non intuitive.  Just trying to crop a picture left me
> pulling hair out, let alone trying to get a layer to act as advertised . . .

If all you need to do is resize, crop, simple color adjust, etc., then
the gThumb image viewer that comes with Ubuntu ought to do what you
want. It's pretty straightforward. Just right-click on an image and
choose "Open With ...--> gThumb Image Viewer"

> Intervideo DVD Creator - For capturing video and doing non linear
> editing and burning to dvd.  (In a perfect world I'd like to see one
> that you can view the frame by frame video with audio diagram underneath
> (like you see in audacity) so you can cut at an exact frame or manually
> synchronize audio to video when the capture goes poorly.