virtual machine is not always a great solution for graphics programs. I've tried that. I actually have to keep a windows partition just for photoshop cs5 and zbrush. Because of my work and my clients, I don't have a choice. I've tried these in in virtual machines, with wine, and the best most stable solution is still a separate partition.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:01 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send libreplanet-discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of libreplanet-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Using a mac machine (Harry Zisopoulos) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 23:05:25 +0300 > From: Harry Zisopoulos <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [libreplanet-discuss] Using a mac machine > Message-ID: > <CAKSN+zj6sxVaFjA-XyDpd5=icgctz5gq7zkdqbx_35yvhh-...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > The issue more is not creating quality art. Linux has plenty of free > tools > > to do that. We use The Gimp, Blender, Krita, Inkscape and many more > > programs routinely. We need something that we can use to create animated > > Gifs and sprite sheets for some products we are developing. Pixen is > > perfect for us. The only problem we have with is is that we have to keep > a > > macintosh computer around almost solely for pixen. > > Have you considered using a virtual machine that runs on a free distro > and set it up so it runs mac and your pixen? It's certainly a better > solution than keeping a physical machine just for one application. > Hopefully, in time you will be able to make the transition and you > just stop using the virtual machine , having the rest of your setup > ready at hand. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > > End of libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 21, Issue 8 > ************************************************** >
