Re: Video editing in Linux?

From: J.O. Aho (user_at_example.net)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:05:10 +0200

I'm with another stupid ---> SjT wrote:
> I'm with stupid ---> "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote:
>
>>IMHO *nix is wonderfull for the administrators, as they can do so much more
>>than just decide who gets a login and who is allowed to install software.
>
> Hah, you've obviously not used 2000 or XP then, linux offers nothing
> more on the user security front at all.. whatsoever.
>
> Besides, what other administration would you like other than restrict
> them to certain files/folders and whether they can install software or
> not?!

What about file/printer quota?

>>No, it won't, just select a good distro, that are fast with updates, you don't
>>have to do much more than setup the system once and then see to that use the
>>tools the distro provides you to keep your system up to date, you will maybe
>>miss all those days spent on reinstalling microsoft windows.
>
> That's bollocks, put anyone onto linux after using windows and watch
> their face turn red as they learn how to compile to the linux kernel
> each time they want to update or install an application.

Why would they have to do that? If you do select a binary based linux distro,
you do never have to compile any program at all, even less the kernel.

> If you had to constantly reinstall windows then you've either got a
> tinker addiction whereby you can't help but alter with the system
> constantly, or your doing something drastically wrong

Normal driver upgrade can cause the system to stop working, and uninstalling a
driver, thats more or less impossible in MS-world.

> that i used linux i had to install countless updates and recompile to
> my kernel (Several times the compile screwed up on me too), and you
> know what?! the whole time my XP install sat happy to serve me each
> time i reverted back.

I understand that you want security updates and bugfixes only once a year,
instead of when the fault is discovered, maybe it's better to not get vital
security updates at all...
I don't see why you would have to recompile the kernel and if it screwed, did
you really see to compile the kernel for your CPU? Maybe you wanted to try a
PPC base kernel for your x86? If you need a driver that hasn't been compiled
by default, you _DON'T_ have to recompile the kernel, compile the module and
use modprobe to load it.

What says me a lot is the coolness to have to wait 6+ months for security
updfate, installation is a random process and everything is closed source, so
you can't modify things that you are unhappy with... but of course, there are
people who are happy with major limitations...

> If you want to do video on a dual boot linux/MSwin system then i find
> it pointless, there is nothing on linux that can't be had on windows,
> even mainactor is just a windows port and will always be a version
> behind for linux.

You may not want to sit and wait for an application to finish and then start
another application and let it work on the result from the previous
application, this can be avoided with right tools in a system that supports pipes.

What I have experienced, is that many applications for MSWin has put more on
the looks and animations, so that the application preforms slower... but thats
all okey with that 80348963THz CPU...

> Which is why i won't switch to linux until it offers me everything and
> i can uninstall windows completely.

Has any one asked you to switch? If you think MSWin is best for you, then use
it. In my case, Linux does offer me what I need, whiel MSWin wouldn't offer me
anything usefull at all.

>>I think you should ask the Linux Movies Group for their opinion, they have
>>members who has done work on many different systems and can say a lot more
>>than people who only uses MSWin.
>
> And are die hard linux fans blind to the fact that their beloved OS is
> coming 2nd best to the 'Crap and Unstable' windows platforms in pretty
> much all areas other than net applications and (ohh) user security

I don't think those members are diehard linux users, but in contrast to you,
they have experience from both worlds and therefore can compare the two
systems and tell their opinion.
While asking a person diehard MS-user, there aren't any experience of anything
at all, more than trolling about linux and maybe even MacOS.

  //Aho

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