On Tue, 1 Sep 2015, ttoine wrote:
Ralf, I truly believe that when it will be possible to use a Linux distribution
without the terminal at all, Linux will become popular. That is why Ubuntu
became
popular at the beginning (you install, it runs, you work, no tweak)
The success today for Canonical is that with Ubuntu, they provide the same
environment for devs, tests, servers, cloud, embedded devices, with support and
regular updates. But that's another story.
At the opposite of dev and sysadmin use, what we need is something simple, that
works without having to tune it too much. Just keep in mind that multimedia
producers are looking for a system that feet their workflow. They already have a
lot to learn, configure and tweak within their own work area. And they are used
to GUI: a sound console, a video console, camera buttons, or pots on rack analog
effects are GUI.
They don't need (and most of them don't care) to learn how to do something in a
Terminal... Ask a sound engineer using a Mac or a Win PC if he knows where is
terminal: he will most likely tell you he doesn't know what is it. The system
must work and be reliable without having to understand how.
I hesitate to call such a person an "engineer", Technician might be
better or operator. An engineer was the person in the studio who
designed/repaired/modified recording equipment. There are still some in
big studios and they certainly know what a terminal is and use it. They
would be expected to design/repair/modify code (and they do). I am not
putting down the person who produces content without being an engineer at
all. The computer has made it possible for a much wider group of people,
may of them without much technical knowlage, to make music/video/art. I
think a person shouldn't have to be an engineer to do music in the same
way a train driver shouldn't have to be an engineer to drive a train.
Perhaps that is what you are saying and I agree.
I agree with you that DE independent applications run faster, are lighter, and
easy to use in many DE. However, we are not the developers of multimedia
applications : from the beginning, what we do is selecting the better apps
available, and make them work together.
I agree.
And by the way, I totally understand that Pitivi developers, who are relying on
the Gstreamer framework, are developing their GUI using Gnome tools: this is
simply logical, we can not fight againts that.
I am convinced that what our users are waiting for is something simple and
intuitive to use. And we need also to explain how to install open source based,
and non open source software like Lightworks, Mixbus, and other great
applications available on GNU/Linux.
Yes. That is the aim.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
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