9 Oct
2003
9 Oct
'03
12:53 p.m.
Even though Linux has made great strides in becoming
an end-user OS
for server and office use lately, it is still a hobby OS as far as
audio, video, graphics etc are concerned. You're not going to have
much success convincing people to use it for media purposes unless
they are eager to get their hands dirty. Many of the DM students
argue constantly over Win vs. Mac and when I tell them I use Linux
I just get this really weird look. (At least from the ones who even
know what Linux is.) I would never convince any of them to try
Linux and I'm not going to try. It has to be something you're
already interested in.
I'm probably showing off my inexperience here, but what about SGI? I
thought all the Silicon Graphics stuff had been ported to Linux and
Linux was becoming the OS of choice for Hollywood DM people who used
to rely on SGI because it's Unix-based, and all that. Is that not
true?
Greg
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