Re: Video editing in Linux?

From: Ian Molton (spyro_at_f2s.com)
Date: 10/28/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:18:12 +0100

SjT wrote:

> You gotta remember that i'm referring to using linux as a single user
> for multimedia applications (Hence the subject) so it's not really a
> major deal settler whether i can set file and print quotas.

So why bull*** about adminning a windows box then?

> couldnt
> download anything without having to compile it to the kernel. I'm
> hoping things have changed.

Do you actually know what 'compile' means? (please dont bother quoting a
dictionary, use a practical example...

> Or just run a batch file in windows of course?

Laughable. you're comparing a ferrari to a clapped out mini.

not to mention that windows XP pipe performance is APPALING compared not
only to linux, but to all former incarnations of windows - and not by a
little bit either, we're talking 100% reduction in performance compared
to win98... worse still, thats on recent hardware that didnt even exist
when win98 was written...

> And linux is slowly becoming the same, what with KDE and YAST etc.

You really dont have a clue what YAST is do you?

> I've had about 7 years experience off and on with linux

I've have about 7 years of experience with win AND linux. never mind
your cop-out 'on and off.

> But it falls on its face when it comes to multimedia apps

Proof?

> and i also
> beleive that the linux scene is pushing it too far in the direction of
> windows and will be the major downfall of the system.

How do you cause the downfall of a shared open collaborative system?

If linus was run over by a bus...