"My point was that Realsoft was alone in the Linux market as a serious 3D solution."
That's not entirely true... but it is the only one that's affordable at the moment, at least while Blender 2.5 is still in development. Most of the high-end film shops use Linux as their primary platform because it has quite a few advantages over Windows and isn't as restricted as OSX, but they can afford to have staff on hand to keep the effort of making it work out of the hands of the people who do the CG and compositing. One can hope... but I think that until some company decides to dedicate itself to making Linux a viable desktop OS, Windows will continue to be the best choice for most people, and OSX the 2nd best. Unfortunately, to match Windows, a solid and user-friendly UI is only one piece. The other piece, that is probably the larger barrier, is the equivalent of the Windows Hardware Quality Lab. That's what allows Windows to work with so many different configurations with so little end-user effort, and it's a tall order. Not a lot of companies could afford to do something like that. There are workstations out there that come ready to run with Linux fully configured and all, but they even make macs look pretty inexpensive. :-/ ----------------------------- Rakesh Malik My Web Site: http://www.whitecranephotography.com Blog: http://tamerlin.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/baratheon Sent from Seattle, Washington, United States On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 6:10 AM, Jean-Sebastien Perron <[email protected]>wrote: > My point was that Realsoft was alone in the Linux market as a serious 3D > solution. > > And since the Amiga Workbench, there have been no evolution in operating > system (only improvements). > > Linux is not an easy solution, the main problem is there is no standard on > Linux : there is 75 different version. > Only the core is the same. And that's why it will never succeed for regular > users. > I consider myself as a superuser, but sometimes it's difficult and annoying > even for me. > > The hardware industry does not support Linux, and when they do they don't > do it happily. > But for expert and professional, Linux is the absolute solution. > > Microsoft on the other hand never stop releasing different version of the > same OS. > There are 3 different version of windows7 (basic, home, ultimate), why??? > Stupid M$. > > Linux is better in handling security, multiple users, file sharing with > protection, connecting to a server. > Linux server is 0$ while the microsoft solution is 3000$ and it always need > to be restarted at least once a week. > > I had to abandoned ubuntu recently because after an update, my sound card > stopped, no solution on the internet. > Hardware is the problem on Linux. > > And the last time I checked Realsoft was not running perfectly on my > Ubuntu. > > The solution is not easy for me : Windows you pay and it work, Linux is > free but you waste time and you don't know if it will work in the end. > > > Jean-Sebastien Perron > www.NeuroWorld.ws >
