i'd use slackware if i wasn't put off by the fact the type of people who use it make videos like this :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qBGEmRn95g the response is kinda funny. On 20/8/2009, "ricardo ruiz" <[email protected]> wrote: >blah > >slackware is definatly the best OS in the world. current, 13.0 rc3, has >kde4, many codecs and so on. > > >hey, alan, you should try ubuntu studio. > >it can install a huge bunch of software for multimedia production, including >video editing and so on > > >best > >r > >2009/8/15 james morris <[email protected]> > >> >> On 15/8/2009, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> >The issue I have with linux - it stops me cold - is video. I also think >> >this is true for a lot of people who otherwise might switch to the OS. (I >> >use it on an Asus EEE PC, on two old Sharp Zauruses, and on a Kubuntu >> >flashdrive.) There's no support as far as I've been able to find for .mov >> >or .avi which are pretty much standard. .mp4 plays as audio; there's no >> >handling for the H264 compression among other things. There may be fixes >> >> ffmpeg supports all these things, though while watching some of your >> videos, there are warnings about brainfart (!?) cropping not being fully >> supported. VLC is another good one, uses ffmpeg too. I've not recently >> had any problems watching what you produce - I don't watch much video >> tho - and that's in Debian which is always a bit behind the times. >> >> You should try a multimedia centric linux distro for sure. >> >> >and workarounds, but it's a nuisance. And unless you're an animation farm, >> >the editing is useless. I also don't like Audacity for that matter - too >> >> I've occasionally tried video editing, having never got anywhere. >> >> I really don't like Audacity, the GUI is horrible. I never use it. Try >> SND if you know scheme - which is where most of its functionality lies. >> >> >much of it is obscure, and at least with CoolEdit I have total control >> >over reverb/echo/sweetening, notch filters and the like. Linux is still a >> >> I have total control over reverb/echo/sweetening, notch filters and the >> like in Linux. I recently ported some old LADSPA plugins to the new LV2 >> standard. (LADSPA and LV2 are ways of writing plugins for linux audio >> applications). >> >> For audio, you need JACK, ardour2 is superb though perhaps a bit overkill >> for your requirements ( but i'm not familiar with cooledit ) as it's a >> digital audio work station designed for pro studio usage/hard disk >> recording etc. - Again get a multimedia centric Linux distro if you >> don't care to set this up yourself. >> >> >hacker's paradise (I use the command like all the time), but it's way >> >behind on multimedia - and that's the way the world's going. So I'm stuck. >> >Damn! >> >> It's catching up slowly. >> >> >Can you say something about AHCI? (I think this is worthwhile for other >> >users on these lists, since a lot of us work linux one way or another, and >> >the OS is free, lean, and relatively fast.) >> >> AHCI? Advanced Host Controller Interface. It's some hardware thing for >> SATA hard drives and the like. It supersedes IDE. >> >> >> James. >> >> >> >On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, james morris wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Yeah I think you are probably right about AVG, I might have just got >> >> carried away there. It was Zone Alarm that was playing up. Last time I >> >> used ZA, it seemed fine - 3 months ago. >> >> >> >> Also, I've not really noticed any particular difference in disk speed >> >> between having AHCI on or off. In Linux, using the hdparm -t command >> >> shows very little difference in performance with AHCI on and disabled. >> >> >> >> There's an article on wikipedia about AHCI and Vista, with links to >> >> fixes. It's nice to see that Windows has a long list of problems with >> >> AHCI, while Linux is only struggling with one or two issues particular >> >> to certain hardware. >> >> >> >> Both Intel and AMD are contributing code to the Linux kernel for it to >> >> work with their new technologies within their latest processors (not >> >> that I can afford them) while Linux is also going to be the first OS to >> >> support the new USB3 hardware. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 15/8/2009, "Alan Sondheim" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >>> more reasons - >> >>> >> >>> the UAC is miserable. the audio balloons are almost impossible to turn >> >>> off. it's slower than XP. constant permission messiness with the >> console. >> >>> no tweakUI without paying for it. too much configuration - too many >> >>> effects to disable. AVG does work btw and auto-updates. I'm waiting for >> 7, >> >>> see if I can put it on top w/out losing efficiency or the programs I'm >> >>> using. >> >>> - alan >> >>> >> >>> On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, james morris wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> why i'm tempted to delete vista >> >>>> ------------------------------- >> >>>> >> >>>> 1) I must disable SATA AHCI mode in the BIOS because Vista Home >> Premium >> >>>> can't handle it. Consequently the hard drives are not operating at >> full >> >>>> speed. If I don't do this, Vista crashes around 2 seconds after it >> >>>> first begins booting up. >> >>>> >> >>>> 2) I've got no software that makes using Vista worth the hassle. I >> have >> >>>> two games, Tomb Raider, and Crysis, but I can't be bothered to play >> >>>> them because it feels so unproductive and a waste of time learning how >> >>>> to. >> >>>> >> >>>> 3) Somewhere along the line while Windows was downloading and >> installing >> >>>> updates, it broke something. While I was fumbling around in Tomb >> Raider, >> >>>> Windows suddenly decided it had better things to do and began >> >>>> configuring updates. It got halfway along configuring update 2 of 3 >> and >> >>>> then decided it wouldn't bother after all... it rebooted the computer >> >>>> instead. >> >>>> >> >>>> 4) The firewall and anti virus software crashed and I can't be >> bothered >> >>>> to keep updating them either. They suck. So does the trial version of >> >>>> the Nero or something media player which does nothing but suck. >> >>>> >> >>>> 5) Because I don't ever use Vista. It would free up some disk space if >> I >> >>>> were to delete it. >> >>>> >> >>>> 6) It's good to do a bit of cleaning and dump things which are unused. >> >>>> >> >>>> 7) It's been at least 3 months since I used Vista. And I only used it >> >>>> then because someone sent me a Word document as an attachment. It >> seemed >> >>>> that OpenOffice.org could not read the contents. Turned out I was sent >> >>>> an empty document. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> ONE NOT VERY GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULD NOT DELETE VISTA >> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >>>> >> >>>> 1) I might need it for some irritating reason, presently unknown to >> me, >> >>>> in the future. >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >> >>>> [email protected] >> >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> | current internet text file: http://www.alansondheim.org/qf.txt >> >>> | Alan Sondheim Mail archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> >>> | Webpage (directory) at http://www.alansondheim.org >> >>> | [email protected], [email protected], tel US 718-813-3285 >> >>> ! http://www.facebook.com/alan.sondheim >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >| current internet text file: http://www.alansondheim.org/qf.txt >> >| Alan Sondheim Mail archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> >| Webpage (directory) at http://www.alansondheim.org >> >| [email protected], [email protected], tel US 718-813-3285 >> >! http://www.facebook.com/alan.sondheim >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >NetBehaviour mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > >-- >----------- >:(){ :|:& };: >Unix Shell Forkbomb (2002) > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
