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5 July 2013 04:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frayadjacentWell, I thought I was going to become a Windows person for about 18 hours there, but the installation was so frustrating I gave up. I could spend the weekend figuring out which drivers I needed to install and in what order. Because without the drivers there was no way I could see to find out what kind of adapters my computer has and therefore what kind of drivers I need. See how much sense it makes?
Or I could just install Ubuntu, which I'd been debating doing anyway. I harbor no illusions that this will be generally easier to learn or use than Windows, but I'm a lot more motivated to improve my knowledge and skills with Linux than with Microsoft products. I already know some of the basics through work, though I've never had to deal with admin stuff before. (Or been permitted to, for that matter.)
Still, within 5 minutes of inserting the Ubuntu install disk, I had functioning internet, and 2 hours later I've already installed VLC, Cinelerra (sorry,thirdblindmouse! I fear Blender), and some work-related apps.
:D
Or I could just install Ubuntu, which I'd been debating doing anyway. I harbor no illusions that this will be generally easier to learn or use than Windows, but I'm a lot more motivated to improve my knowledge and skills with Linux than with Microsoft products. I already know some of the basics through work, though I've never had to deal with admin stuff before. (Or been permitted to, for that matter.)
Still, within 5 minutes of inserting the Ubuntu install disk, I had functioning internet, and 2 hours later I've already installed VLC, Cinelerra (sorry,
thirdblindmouse! I fear Blender), and some work-related apps. :D
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on 7/7/13 09:32 pm (UTC)One of the main reasons I went down this road is because I wanted to give Sony Vegas a try, for exactly the same reasons. But it looks like I'll be going with Cinelerra instead. Which, hey, free is good! Like you say, this shit's expensive. And it sounds like Cinelerra is like Vegas in terms of being happy with a bunch of different file types and codecs. Which is awesome.
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on 7/7/13 09:42 pm (UTC)I'm quite keen to try Cinelerra at some stage. I don't have a computer that can run it at the moment, but I guess I could set up a virtual machine on my Mac Pro, via VirtualBox or Parallels.
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on 7/7/13 10:26 pm (UTC)