I'm curious about Linux. As.. the multiprocessor support would be perfect for some machines we are thinking to buy as servers for a renderfarm.
I use Windows 7 and 8 a lot, and I use thirdparty apps for multidesktop features, with the functions like the ones mentioned below. I am starting to use free software, like GIMP, Blender and other suites for my needs, and wondered what other pro's of Linux to consider the switch. It would be nice to have Softimage as an easy package for Linux based renderfarm solutions or alternative OS solutions. The last mail you wrote was good to know, other than the conflicting intuous/bamboo driver conflict and multi user accounts logged in on different monitors at the same time, I do do the same virtual desktop system in Windows (Virtuawin or Dexpot) , and yes also, there are some other great productivity tools I use in Windows I am sure I'd miss in Linux. Many pro's and con's. If SI was an option for some kind of linux system, I would consider it once I upgrade to new hardware that Windows couldn't take advantage of. Any "ease of use" and "compatibility" development is welcome. +1 > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:34:51 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey > > ...you do realize that i can make the exact same statement with a search > and replace for linux vs windows, do you? > > just sayin'... > > but joking aside: for me switching to linux brought a lot more > advantages than staying with good old windows. > > first i don't miss any tools. i have softimage, mudbox, maya, photoshop, > inkscape and all our inhouse editors. they all work fine. secondly, the > killerfeature of linux is its window managers. in my case mate desktop. > its slick, fast and powerful. i can have as many virtual desktops as i > want, keep several apps open in parallel (and not stacked up behind each > other), each screen is customized to my needs. sessions get saved, i can > switch and shuffle them around with a few keystrokes and i almost never > reboot - updates happen in the background...i have two monitors chained > to one desktop and another monitor on a second x session that kind of > acts like a second computer with a shared mouse, keyboard and > copy/paste-buffer for email etc.. it's the real life equivalent of those > funky hollywood-operating systems that we've all seen so many times > before and it's boosting my day2day performance a LOT. > > oh, and i can switch between wacom intous and bamboo without > deinstalling and installing drivers. try that with windows :) > > cheers! > chris > > On 08/16/2013 06:05 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > > yea so far I also saw only problems with linux after trying to switch > > couple times.... > > fro missing so many other tools to making every day tasks a nightmare. > > sorry but if you don't have an Linux guru around then you will spend more > > time trying to do something on system instead of actually working on your > > job. > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> And why is that? What does make SI Linux better than Windows version? From > >> an artist point of view I see more cons than pros in switching from Windows > >> to Linux, apart from dealing with Linux based networks and farms. > >> > >> M.Yara > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On 2013/08/17, at 0:43, Bruno-Pierre Jobin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Totally agree with Miquel. I'd switch to linux tomorrow if the > >> installation process was easier. > >> >
