d...@kd4e.com wrote:
Rufus wrote: I don't think there's a Linux version of Poser...or
Bryce...or any of my flight sims...or the support for my recording
studio. Or...
Are there no alternative apps?
What is "Poser"?
Poser is a 3D animation and figure/set editing, rigging, and rendering
application. Cheap and very powerful. Tons of content available.
What is "Bryce"?
Bryce is a 3D terrain and landscape generation application - again, very
cheap, but very powerful. Often used in conjunction with Poser to do
background mats and/or terrain, and to generate rudimentary geometric
forms like buildings. Some people consider the Bryce rendering engine
superior to Poser's and so often import and cross-render scenes in Bryce.
I know there are audio and video apps, indeed there are a number
of Linux specialty distros that are optimized for those purposes
in commercial/professional contexts.
And that's fine for that purpose - like for running my AV center. But
the industry standard equipment for studio audio multi-tracking is
Apple, really. And that's what I use my studio for.
There are lots of Linux gamers and I seem to recall that there
are flight sims for Linux.
Maybe, but I want some very sophisticated ones - high fidelity and
complexity, of specific aircraft. Because that's what I do for a living.
Also, have you tried WINE or other interfaces to run non-Linux
apps in Linux?
No, but I have looked into WINE for running windose apps under OS X
seeing as so much of what I'm after is available commercially, built to
some industry standard - and that's my real driver for most of what I
do; standardization.
No need to wave the white flag so quickly ... ;-)
From what I've seen Ubuntu looks and feels near to exactly like OS X,
so if I could port my OS X apps to it that would work, but OS X runs OS
X...it's the legacy OS 9 stuff I (and others) worry about. I've still
got some file format converters for Poser that convert windose format
models into Mac format models.
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- Rufus
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