Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

thanks, looks interesting! i will explore tomorrow ... :) On 22/03/16 6:43 45PM, BishopZ wrote: > VDMX is a low cost & very powerful solution for animating text & video > for live performance. > > https://vidvox.net/ > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Rob Myers

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

thanks very much rob. i think blender is probably a bit more than i need (but one day i'd like to try & get my head around it ... ). i got a recommendation from another list for something called sozi, which is apparently animated slides (sounds like an open source powerpoint perhaps) - i'll check

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

VDMX is a low cost & very powerful solution for animating text & video for live performance. https://vidvox.net/ On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Rob Myers wrote: > On 2016-03-22 06:41, helen varley jamieson wrote: > >> hi everyone, >> i am seeking advice on 2 questions:

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

On 2016-03-22 06:41, helen varley jamieson wrote: hi everyone, i am seeking advice on 2 questions: firstly, i need to upgrade my laptop & have decided to make the transition to linux. mint has been recommended to me for the OS. does anyone out there have any advice regarding choice of

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

that is great to hear, alan. it really annoys me that my current laptop, a mere 6 years old, is reaching the end of its life because it's not possible to further upgrade the operating system. i remember a while back talk of the 50 year old laptop, & that is what i aspire to have! h : ) On

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

thanks pall, i will chech out synfig :) re the dvd drive: i realise they are becoming increasingly uncommon; more than once i've been in the situation at a festival or conference where someone has urgently needed to burn a dvd in order to present something or play something in a performance, &

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

Hi - possibly slightly off the specs, but I use Mint on an old netbook with 2 g ram etc. from around 2010 and it runs fine, some troubles with windows, but even runs a version of Second Life. I have linux on two old Sharp Zauruses from around 2000-2002 that I still use because of specialized

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

small - my current one is a 13" & previously i had a 12". i travel with it quite a lot & use it in performance situations so small & light is good. h : ) On 22/03/16 3:44 54PM, marc garrett wrote: > Hi Helen, > > What size laptop are you after? > > marc > > On 22 March 2016 at 13:41, helen

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

Are you really sure that you need a DVD drive? They're becoming increasingly uncommon on laptops. I recently updated my laptop to a Toshiba Satellite S55T-B5150. I'm running Ubuntu and everything works well and it's super fast. It comes with 16gb of ram which is not upgradeable and there's no DVD

Re: [NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

Hi Helen, What size laptop are you after? marc On 22 March 2016 at 13:41, helen varley jamieson < he...@creative-catalyst.com> wrote: > hi everyone, > i am seeking advice on 2 questions: > > firstly, i need to upgrade my laptop & have decided to make the transition > to linux. mint has been

[NetBehaviour] seeking advice on linux laptops & text animation software

hi everyone, i am seeking advice on 2 questions: firstly, i need to upgrade my laptop & have decided to make the transition to linux. mint has been recommended to me for the OS. does anyone out there have any advice regarding choice of hardware? ideally i want a small laptop with a dvd drive,