I have a Suse 10.0 machine and an XP machine (work machine) running side by side, each on an identical Dell P1130 21" CRT. The Suse machine looks FAR better.. The Windows fonts are hell on the eyes and just flat out look like s**t.Plain and simple.
As an Amiga user you astound me. The graphics people use whatever the studios use (apart from DTP). Graphics people know they have to be proficient in the tools that the employers use. Once apon a time it was Quantel, then DPaint, then TVPaint, then Photoshop. In 3D it was Wavefront or Quicksilver, then Wavefront or Imagine, then Wavefront Imagine or Lightwave, then Maya or Lightwave, then Maya Lightwave or Renderman. 3D Studio has only been used in the games industry, and they normally switch as well (DPaint, Photoshop, 3DS).The reality is that the studios switched to Linux a few years back. What do they use if they don't use Photoshop? It is almost guaranteed to be Linux based as per an agreement they made a few years ago. I bet that whatever Linux tools they have developed, they will have written in every essentual tool photoshop has, and have built on that. Now it is in the studios best interest to both protect their in house tools, to train prospective employees in the tools they use, and finally to attract the shining stars of the future into their company. They couldn't OSS their in house tools, as they would be handing their code to their compeditors. They could release "Freeware" compiled software. This would impress the graphics students. The students would train frantically on the software because knowledge of this software would open the door to the studio they aspire to. The final option would be to charge for the software. This has been done by many studios before, and it often works. It is not as good for the students, but they still know they need to know the software.This all means that Adobe, by not being on Linux, and leaving a gaping big black hole on the platform for the studios, leaves their soft underbelly completely exposed. I currently use Corel and Adobe tools, but I will have myself a nice little party when I can move onto the next graphics platform.It would be important to note here that big Studios are outsorcing tallent and horsepower areound the world. OSX machines barely exist outside USA. Many countries including South Korea, China and India have government funded agressive Linux campaigns. If you were going to outsource to China or India, you had better talk Linux.Sorry about the semi repeated post. The Digg edit option cut off most of the post.
The only thing keeping me from moving to Linux is Adobe support. The second their is CS for Linux I am switching.I am a professional designer so don't tell me about gimp and such. Great programs but they dont cut it.
Question: since OSX uses a Linux kernal will that make it easier to port apps to Linux that run on OSX? I'm hoping and praying that Creative Suite 3 will run on Linux.
Ryan, Damn good point about Flash/Photoshop coming to Linux. Bruce Chizen - Adobe CEO - has said that if it has a screen then Flash will run on it. He wants it to be everywhere. Add on top of that the Apollo project - Flash on steroids - which will give Flash developers the tools to make full scale desktop applications that will run identically on Windows/Mac/Linux. You can bet that MS is scared as hell about it.Remember back in the mid 90s when all the rave was how Java was going to kill MS? Now it's finally about to come true. The Flash player 9 has been rewritten in Java from the ground up. When Adobe is talking to the designer crowd they still refer to it as the Flash player/plugin. But when they are talking to the developer crowd they call it the Flash virtual machine - which is what it is. Soon you'll see applications written once that run everywhere the Flash VM runs. And you can bet that VM will run everywhere from a cellphone to a server.
sembetuAug 18, 2006
@duhblow7:That's not how you display nvidia anymore (notice all lower case)<a class="user" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33676">http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33676</a>
pairanoydAug 18, 2006
I have a Suse 10.0 machine and an XP machine (work machine) running side by side, each on an identical Dell P1130 21" CRT. The Suse machine looks FAR better.. The Windows fonts are hell on the eyes and just flat out look like s**t.Plain and simple.
polyfrolicAug 18, 2006
As an Amiga user you astound me. The graphics people use whatever the studios use (apart from DTP). Graphics people know they have to be proficient in the tools that the employers use. Once apon a time it was Quantel, then DPaint, then TVPaint, then Photoshop. In 3D it was Wavefront or Quicksilver, then Wavefront or Imagine, then Wavefront Imagine or Lightwave, then Maya or Lightwave, then Maya Lightwave or Renderman. 3D Studio has only been used in the games industry, and they normally switch as well (DPaint, Photoshop, 3DS).The reality is that the studios switched to Linux a few years back. What do they use if they don't use Photoshop? It is almost guaranteed to be Linux based as per an agreement they made a few years ago. I bet that whatever Linux tools they have developed, they will have written in every essentual tool photoshop has, and have built on that. Now it is in the studios best interest to both protect their in house tools, to train prospective employees in the tools they use, and finally to attract the shining stars of the future into their company. They couldn't OSS their in house tools, as they would be handing their code to their compeditors. They could release "Freeware" compiled software. This would impress the graphics students. The students would train frantically on the software because knowledge of this software would open the door to the studio they aspire to. The final option would be to charge for the software. This has been done by many studios before, and it often works. It is not as good for the students, but they still know they need to know the software.This all means that Adobe, by not being on Linux, and leaving a gaping big black hole on the platform for the studios, leaves their soft underbelly completely exposed. I currently use Corel and Adobe tools, but I will have myself a nice little party when I can move onto the next graphics platform.It would be important to note here that big Studios are outsorcing tallent and horsepower areound the world. OSX machines barely exist outside USA. Many countries including South Korea, China and India have government funded agressive Linux campaigns. If you were going to outsource to China or India, you had better talk Linux.Sorry about the semi repeated post. The Digg edit option cut off most of the post.
devoinregressAug 18, 2006
The only thing keeping me from moving to Linux is Adobe support. The second their is CS for Linux I am switching.I am a professional designer so don't tell me about gimp and such. Great programs but they dont cut it.
jameshalesAug 19, 2006
What are you on about? GIMP is available for Windows[1] and Mac[2]. I've been handing copies out to Windows-using friends and they love it. There's also a version of GIMP with a redesigned UI, called GIMPshop[3], and if anyone really wanted a photoshop-like UI for GIMP, they'd just have to port the up-to-date Mac version of this to Windows and GNU/Linux.[1]: <a class="user" href="http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/">http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/</a>[2]: <a class="user" href="http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/">http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/</a>[3]: <a class="user" href="http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241">http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241</a>
danflorioSep 4, 2006
Question: since OSX uses a Linux kernal will that make it easier to port apps to Linux that run on OSX? I'm hoping and praying that Creative Suite 3 will run on Linux.
danflorioSep 4, 2006
Ryan, Damn good point about Flash/Photoshop coming to Linux. Bruce Chizen - Adobe CEO - has said that if it has a screen then Flash will run on it. He wants it to be everywhere. Add on top of that the Apollo project - Flash on steroids - which will give Flash developers the tools to make full scale desktop applications that will run identically on Windows/Mac/Linux. You can bet that MS is scared as hell about it.Remember back in the mid 90s when all the rave was how Java was going to kill MS? Now it's finally about to come true. The Flash player 9 has been rewritten in Java from the ground up. When Adobe is talking to the designer crowd they still refer to it as the Flash player/plugin. But when they are talking to the developer crowd they call it the Flash virtual machine - which is what it is. Soon you'll see applications written once that run everywhere the Flash VM runs. And you can bet that VM will run everywhere from a cellphone to a server.