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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Which Distro for Theatrical Use? (lemmy.world)

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Hello community,

I am tired of windows slowing down my laptop, and I tought I'd give linux a chance. So I learn, that there are many linuxes, and I wonder if it really matters. which one to choose. Can all linux apps be run on all distributions? Is it just a matter of the 'app store' supporting them or not?

I am producing media art for theatre plays. So I have to rely on a stable system as well as the following tools:

Blender 3d
a DAW
Design Software (adobe alternatives)
Video Editing & compositing
Projection mapping (I fear, there is just mapmap under linux)
audio cuing (linux show player)
maybe also light show programming (artnet / dmx)

The machine would be a Gigabyte Aero 15x with a dedicated nvidia gfx card, and 8 gigs of ram.

What would you recommend me?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the great advice. I have been thinking of moving to apple a lot, but actually I am very tempted to the open source ideology that's so strong in linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely agreed. I use an Apple laptop for work, myself, because it's a company machine and the only manufacturer that consistently offers support contracts on a unix-like OS. I do most of my work on a Linux VM via the terminal so, it's largely a glorified SSH terminal.

Windows now has WSL built in but the base OS is just too fundamentally understand and update QA too poor for me to want to touch, beyond the fact that I've been using Linux as my main OS for over a decade and the ads.

Please post an update with your experience, if you're so-inclined. I really want to see more "real" use of Linux in AV, especially, as I feel it's a very strong OS for such use that is mostly ignored.