linux

rickyricardo · Post by **rickyricardo** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 3:57 am

I mainly use it b/c it's free, I can run it on basically any computer, and it has a huge community of people developing apps for it that are also free.

There aren't many core windows apps out there that don't have a Linux/Free Software alternative which most often don't have to pay for and are just as good as their windows counterparts. Some areas aren't quite there yet, like music production and games. But for everyday tasks it's a pretty compelling alternative.

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:10 am

sweet, sounds efficient and cheap..

but my computer is purely production and snes emulator so i'll count it out, each to their own hey

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:11 am

i use my computer for browsin net and music mostly...no particular need for linux, its just something ive heard a lot about and was interested in.

for me the major difference is that everything runs smooth and fast. also not having to worry about virus software is nice (probably the reason everything runs smooth). i can plug any mp3 player into the audio application and it'll manage it without extra software. i think thats pretty heavy. all in all after a week of fast learning, now everything is quick n easy!

pss · Post by **pss** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:37 am

RickyRicardo wrote:Some areas aren't quite there yet, like music production and games.

This doesn't mean you can't do these on linux or other free OSes. It just may not be as simple as in windows or mac.

There's only few games that run natively on linux but some windows games work perfectly with wine or cedega + some older games are getting ported to work on linux.

there's no big commercial applications like logic or fl that can do every aspect in music production, but usually you have to use different applications for different tasks. From what I've read, performance-wise linux should be much better platform than windows for music production

just to make sure people won't get the wrong idea...

simian · Post by **simian** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:58 pm

big up the dubstep geek massive

gentoo/debian all the way...

Fucking pity all the production software only hits windows (or maybe OSX)

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bkk_drs · Post by **bkk_drs** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:55 am

Fucking pity all the production software only hits windows (or maybe OSX)

there's a linux version of energyXT 2

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:46 am

much experience using that bkk? looks interesting, will have a go with that later on tonite

bkk_drs · Post by **bkk_drs** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:59 am

much experience using that bkk?

well, i'm a big fan of eXT1 (not ported to Linux), eXT2 has been released quite recently and is a complete rewrite... TBH, on the dedicated KVR forum, it seems that users are complaining about current unstability of the app. However, it is known that devs are working very hard to solve those issues and a new beta should come out soon... eXT is quite simple but yet (very) powerful and i find the workflow to be very easy and helping composition very much... definitely worth a try... I just "played" with the linux version at work, I can't really use it as my FW soundcard is not yet supported under linux.

HTH

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:06 am

ill see if i can snap up a trial version, tho $75 aint bad if its a good piece of software

my mate recommended something called rosegarden? doesn't look as good on their webpage, but i think its free, will try that as well : )

bkk_drs · Post by **bkk_drs** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:24 pm

for what i've heard, rosegarden is more a cubase-like app. but yes it's free...
fwiw, i'm currently using archlinux and some users have set up a pro audio repo...

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:14 pm

heavy

whats fwiw?

bkk_drs · Post by **bkk_drs** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:22 pm

for what it's worth...

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:43 pm

ah, neat

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:40 pm

tempest wrote:whats the point of os's like linux.. seems like its all for nerd cred. Is there anything that you can do that you can't on windows???

Yes. Not get a virus. Not have to pay for software (legitimately). Not lose all your RAM to the OS. Configure your OS like you would configure FireFox. I never realised how poor Windows was 'til I switched. Work have let me use Ubuntu on my work PC to see how it fared. It's like lightning compared to my Vista encumbered colleagues and I have no problems with Office compatibility using the free OpenOffice.

Oh, and the nerd cred is all good too.

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:55 pm

well steep learning curve too, last couple of weeks ive figured out (and most importantly remembered) tons of useful stuff

i feel like demanding more money from my boss because im more useful now

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:59 pm

Not get a virus

that's not strictly true is it?

it's great for business but i can't really see the point in having it on a home pc. the only reason i do is to learn my way around it for work.

rickyricardo · Post by **rickyricardo** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:09 pm

pk- wrote:
Not get a virus
that's not strictly true is it?

There are linux viruses, but they are nowhere near as widespread as viruses for windows, nor as potentially dangerous.

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:33 pm

pk- wrote:
Not get a virus
that's not strictly true is it?

it's great for business but i can't really see the point in having it on a home pc. the only reason i do is to learn my way around it for work.

1. I believe there are no or very few active viruses out there that affect Ubuntu. I know people who dont even bother running AV although I still do.

2. Reason for having it on a home PC? Shit, seriously when I started this I was making a statement about the shitness of Vista but I just love it. The more I learn the more I love it. I've pulled out old dead laptops that couldn't run XP and stuck Xubuntu on them and they make brilliant Internet only machines that were "dead" before. It's the developer community around Linux I love. If you love firefox over IE because of the extensibility then Linux is to Windows what Firefox is to IE.

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:36 pm

Nazoreth wrote:well steep learning curve too,

My (just) three year old boy has just mastered dual booting between XP and Ubuntu. He uses Linux for Internet/Firefox (Cbeebies and YouTube) but has to boot into Windows to play his Thomas The Tank Engine game. So yeah, it's very hard to use

nazoreth · Post by **nazoreth** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:53 pm

rah now i have to watch my job in case they find a three year old who'll work for juice and jaffa cakes.

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