Windows Update

[frayadjacent]

Well, 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

Comments

[littleheaven]

Yeah, Premiere Pro didn't need to pre-render as long as the file was Mac-friendly, which meant converting all my .vob files to .dv, which did affect the quality. I know Becca uses a really cool lossless codec for Mac, but it's quite expensive to purchase. If I had that, it would be much more of a close contest.

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.

[frayadjacent]

Oh yeah, that would work too. I'm sure I'll post about Cinelerra once I start using it!