They weren't really around when the tone was pretty decent a year or so
ago... except for Chris Chia...
Eric Thivierge
===============
Character TD / RnD
Hybride Technologies
On August-20-13 3:58:53 PM, Rob Chapman wrote:
or they were not all busy working on Maya..?
joking Alan, trying to lighten the mood around here :)
On 20 August 2013 21:56, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]> wrote:
They'd probably peek around more if the tone got less hostile. (Not your
tone specifically, just the average armageddon vibe as of late.)
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Doeke Wartena <[email protected]> wrote:
I wondered, are people that work on softimage ever active on the
mailinglist apart from asking for a survey?
In other words, how is the contact between the creators and the users?
2013/8/19 Rob Wuijster <[email protected]>
Just a friendly warning, this only works without issues on non-UEFI
machines.
Due to the UEFI 'Secure Boot' Wubi will not run, and could in some cases
destroy data on disk.
So if you recently bought a new (W8) pc, chances are it boots with UEFI.
So YMMV on these pc's with Ubuntu....
But yes, there are tricks to work around this if you want ;-)
Rob
\/-------------\/----------------\/
On 16-8-2013 19:29, Alan Fregtman wrote:
If anyone is new to Linux but wants to get their feet wet in the easiest
way possible, check out the Wubi installer:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer
It will install as a program under Windows and will set up dual boot
perfectly for you without touching your partitions (using a file as a
virtual disk.) Because of this virtual disk thing, it's not recommended for
very serious use, but it's a great way to try things out...
and if you don't like it, go to Windows, Control Panel, Uninstall
Programs, type in Wubi and that's it.
If you do end up liking I suggest install Ubuntu with the install cd on a
real partition. Copying your settings is not hard, if you're worried about
that.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Andres Stephens <[email protected]>
wrote:
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.
No virus found in this message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: 08/18/13
