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Linux machines are fantastic if you don't need to use commercial software for things like graphics, as many web-focused developers do.
by chefandy 7y ago
Linux machines are fantastic if you don't need to use commercial software for things like graphics, as many web-focused developers do.
- thrax 7y agoJust wanted to throw out a plug for photopea.com .. discovered it recently and it handles everything that I, as a programmer ever needed from Photoshop.
- _eht 7y agoWhat is it specifically you are needing to run? I only ask because I’ve been running Linux for the last 15 years exclusively, in and out of the commercial corporate world, and have yet to feel limited software wise.
- godelski 7y agoI do graphics, but on the scientific side, we all use Linux. Except when the lab provides us Macs, then we get frustrated and just remote in. I'm just trying to detangle the type of graphics being mentioned. I do wish Nvidia drivers were better, but maybe that'll happen with ROCs coming out soon.
- est31 7y agoMay I ask what ROCs is and why is it making Nvidia drivers better?
- lake99 7y agoNot ROCs, it's ROCm. AMD's GPU compute libraries. It won't make NVidia better, but will provide an alternative to those who are stuck with NVidia for doing tensorflow, PyTorch stuff. https://rocm.github.io/ https://rocm.github.io/
- marcosdumay 7y ago> I do wish Nvidia drivers were better Get AMD. Why do people insist on getting Nvidia cards and then complain that those aren't aimed at them? Get the one that is selling to you.
- badsectoracula 7y agoBecause Nvidia has faster hardware (assuming you want that) and the best and most complete OpenGL implementation. At least that is the reason i get Nvidia GPUs.
- Filligree 7y agoBecause you simply can't do much ML experimentation on AMD; it lacks the entire CUDA ecosystem. I'm sorely tempted to run two GPUs, but also worried they'll probably clash.
- godelski 7y agoI am interested to see ROCm. AMD has the contact for the exascale machines and there's a big push for ML at the DOE. So I hope there's some real competition coming (looks like it's already integrated into pytorch btw)
- TylerE 7y agoBecause both times I bought an AMD (ATI at the time) card, it failed prematurely (out of warranty, but < 2 years of life) and the drivers sucked balls.
- wtallis 7y agoWhere are you buying graphics cards with less than two years of warranty? If your GPU budget is that slim, you should probably be relying on integrated GPUs.
- mschuster91 7y agoProbably in every place that is not the European Union which mandates 2 year warranties. Rest of the world iirc is 1-year.
- chefandy 7y agoCreating scientific graphics is a much different job than doing graphic design.
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoBetween Gimp, Inkscape and Krita, what are the things not covered in this domain?
- pkulak 7y agoI've gotten way too addicted to DxO. But it runs fine in a VM. That said, I only use it a couple times a month. If I had to run it professionally, I'm not sure I'd be down.
- johnchristopher 7y agoDoes gimp feature non-destructive multiple filtering on layers yet ? Photoshop CS2 (and you know why I mention that specific version) from more than ten years ago has it.
- AJ007 7y agoIt’s worth mentioning Blender 2.8 too. This is software people are leaving top tier commercial 3D apps like Maya for because it is better. The stereotype of unfriendly UI and UX in open software is breaking down and does not have to be a given.
- basq 7y agoBlender is good for character animation, but it's learning curve is higher and there aren't as many QoL improvements as in other 3d software. 2.8 is a step in the right direction but I still find cinema4d to be much much much faster to get results with for my purposes of motion graphics.
- chefandy 7y agoSpeed really is the crux of the biscuit. It's not like you can't get the same results using FOSS, but the amount of time and effort to do so is significantly increased.
- ctrl-j 7y agoFor some simple photo manipulation Gimp works - but it seems a lot harder to use. Plus it's missing non-destructive adjustment layers, and the brush engine is nowhere near as advanced as photoshop. Inkscape is similar - everything is a little harder to do - and there's some basic things that don't seem to be in the application at all. Does Inkscape support multiple artboards yet? What about exporting multiple resolutions without duplicating the assets? The symbol support also was very lackluster when I used it last. Krita lags horribly every time I've tried to use it. I like the notion that there are open source replacements for these systems.. and I'd love to drop my $50+ per month subscription - but the alternatives aren't yet equivalents.
- Jach 7y agoIt depends on the software (and associated hardware if you're talking about graphics) of course, but between wine (and its extensions like proton that are successfully handling many AAA games old and new), qemu, and virtualbox, the need for actually having to dual boot from Linux or have a dedicated Windows box grows less and less each year.
- alluro2 7y agoOne of the reasons I'm so thrilled with Figma and that it completely covers (and more) what I had to use Sketch for...I'm now seriously entertaining the thought of migrating from Hackintosh (on a laptop) to Linux for my web dev / UXD stuff, and potentially just using KVM / Xen for any rare cases when I'd need OSX...For now, I think I'd just sorely miss Postbox (can anyone recommend a Linux alternative?), that's actually all I can think of...