That sounds great! You want to present at the August meeting, then? Chris
On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Greg Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Thu, 7/8/10, Chris McQuistion <[email protected]> wrote: > >Anyone got any ideas/requests for topics for next week's NLUG meeting? > >Chris > > I have been moving slowly away from programming the past year and a half > into sculpting and art. I have started a statuary and design company for > both art pieces and architectural pieces. Unfortunately sculpting is not > like the other arts. It is very expensive. I was faced with a decision; buy > software or buy clay, molding and casting materials. Silicone is $130 a > gallon after shipping, so that made the choice for me. Admittedly, even > though I have used Linux as my primary OS for the past, well, almost decade, > I was a bit apprehensive to do (learn)painting and other graphic arts using > Linux. It isn't traditionally known for professional graphics, with the > exception of blender. Ironically I'm not using blender at this point (I plan > to though). I decided to stick with Linux after some research and testing > and I have been pleasantly surprised with the outcome. The graphics tools > have come a long way. GIMP still has a ways to go, but that is why I have > started donating small amounts of money to them. The tools on the slate > for the next release are very impressive and will raise that bar a bit. > > With all of that said, I would like to do a presentation at some point > illustrating the tools I use and the process involved to show how they have > helped me on this journey. I use Ubuntu Studio 10.4 on my desktop, but have > the tools loaded on my laptop for when I am out and about. I would not be > able to do the next meeting since I am preparing for a meeting with a > distribution company, but I should be able to do the following month's > meeting. Assuming there is any interest. > > Here are the tools I use on a regular basis: > *Ubuntu Studio (sometimes I get a bug and want to write music too) > *Inkscape > *GIMP > *Scribus > *MyPaint > *A Wacom tablet > *Agave > *PDFs, PDFs, PDFs (no problems printing them off site) > *Some minor scripting (Python) for statue sizes and proportions. I plan on > making many more as I move along. > *Of course the traditional LAMP for web and inventory organization. > *Accounting is via spreadsheet at present. We can talk about that too. How > do you run a business completely on Linux and OSS? I am trying to figure > that out. > > Thanks, > Greg > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
