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Ever tried editing some multimedia? From editing some video to doing some MIDI/audio project? Nearly impossibru (sic) without much much fiddling and inferior to

by batista 15y ago

Ever tried editing some multimedia? From editing some video to doing some MIDI/audio project? Nearly impossibru (sic) without much much fiddling and inferior to the Mac/Win situation. Certain kinds of development also demand those tasks frequently (from game to multimedia, to web, to mobile development).

ergo14 15y ago
You could be right here, but he will be developing code on his pc, so for majority of us who don't deal with audio/video this is a non-issue. Still, for simple non-professional video editing http://www.openshotvideo.com/ http://www.openshotvideo.com/ - should be more than enough. I have no idea about audio, but http://ardour.org/ http://ardour.org/ looks good. Also when we are at professional tools, things like Autodesk Flare, Flame etc. all run EXCLUSIVELY on linux - so thats not true that you are only left with mac or windows for "real work". Although I admit that most cheap tools will not often have no native versions for linux. http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php - LMMS is also worth noting - mean those tools might not fit your needs but it unfair to make impression there will be problems with general multimedia tools.
- batista 15y ago
  >Also when we are at professional tools, things like Autodesk Flare, Flame etc. all run EXCLUSIVELY on linux - so thats not true that you are only left with mac or windows for "real work". Although I admit that most cheap tools will not often have no native versions for linux. That, and also Flare et co still leave a huge hole in the overall toolset and workflow --you can't get by with these alone.
  - ergo14 15y ago
    Ok, I do not know the tools, I am a software developer with some solid basics of Photoshop,3DMax etc. so I was aware of industry grade tools specific for linux. I just wanted to point out that there are some decent choices when it comes to multimedia and linux hence references.

by batista 15y ago

ergo14 15y ago

You could be right here, but he will be developing code on his pc, so for majority of us who don't deal with audio/video this is a non-issue. Still, for simple non-professional video editing http://www.openshotvideo.com/ http://www.openshotvideo.com/ - should be more than enough. I have no idea about audio, but http://ardour.org/ http://ardour.org/ looks good. Also when we are at professional tools, things like Autodesk Flare, Flame etc. all run EXCLUSIVELY on linux - so thats not true that you are only left with mac or windows for "real work". Although I admit that most cheap tools will not often have no native versions for linux. http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php http://lmms.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php - LMMS is also worth noting - mean those tools might not fit your needs but it unfair to make impression there will be problems with general multimedia tools.

batista 15y ago
>Also when we are at professional tools, things like Autodesk Flare, Flame etc. all run EXCLUSIVELY on linux - so thats not true that you are only left with mac or windows for "real work". Although I admit that most cheap tools will not often have no native versions for linux. That, and also Flare et co still leave a huge hole in the overall toolset and workflow --you can't get by with these alone.
- ergo14 15y ago
  Ok, I do not know the tools, I am a software developer with some solid basics of Photoshop,3DMax etc. so I was aware of industry grade tools specific for linux. I just wanted to point out that there are some decent choices when it comes to multimedia and linux hence references.