So, what higher level of convenience does Linux offer? I've heard of it, but only within earshot of a bunch of engineer/geek types. What's so special about it?
A lot of start-up costs mitigated by streamlining most of what your PC does. You don't have fifty programs running in the background, for example. Nor do you have to wait on patches to fix bugs. And it's a community that creates free versions of most software you'll ever need.
Yeah, I've seen free versions of CAD / BIM / Graphic platforms. They suck more than a hooker on a Hoover in a black hole
Perhaps in your line of work, but the programs I use are stats programs like R or python-based web scrapers. I don't need a lot.
I'm currently converting a bunch of old VHS tapes of Dallas Burn games to MP4 format. To edit the raw video and cut out ads and stuff, I'm using kdenlive. It's adequate but when I close it, it core dumps every single time. Also, it holds on to the audio device even when it's not actually playing any audio, so if I try to play audio in another app, it'll generally be delayed several seconds.
And I'd agree 100% that you want to pay for software that has skilled people working their day jobs to make those problems not problems. But to run multinomial logit? Why pay $100 more and leave my computer open to exploding like anything Windows Vista ever ran?
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I have seen some really amazing stuff done with Python. There are youtube videos of people setting up a GTA profile and running Python to learn the environment, and then auto play.
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I'll have to look up what Jupiter Broadcasting (podcast) are using, but just this year, they converted to full Linux, and they do tons of video editing. That said, the reason it took them to this year is that video editing is a big (acknowledged) hole. But they have done it. They totally de-Macified and haven't really suffered since. I thought kdenlive was improving quickly.
I know that there are some closed-source video editing programs that run under Linux, but since I'm cheap and don't want to spend big bucks on video editing software for my crappy old VHS tapes unless I have to, I'm going with the open-source solution here. And it's fine. But I do accept as a tradeoff the "you get what you pay for" maxim.
I'm almost positive JB went open source entirely. I'd have to go back and relisten/read show notes to know for sure. Interestingly, they run their podcast soundboard (another weakspot) off an entirely community-created, purpose-built soundboard distro (OBS, I think) that they have embraced completely. They say it's better (for their uses, which are extensive) than any prior proprietary solution, plus they get immediate response on feature requests and bugs.
I've installed kdenlive and fiddled around with it. It seemed OK then, (this was a few years back). I did a quick google search and found this which seems to indicate there was a problem which has been fixed at a basic level which, presumably, will appear in an upgrade to the kdenlive software at some point. But,can I just mention your post almost seems to imply that every windows program works without a hitch and that is definitely not the case. The basic operating system itself has several problems and, with windows, that's ALWAYS been the case. It's better than it used to be but it still has problems that shut programs down and cause other problems. That's apart from all the possible security holes it has. There's a reason why windows users have to keep installing bug fixes and it's not because it runs perfectly all the time, is it. But I think the real issue is that, for the things that most people do, (word processing, spreadsheets, web, email, watching video files, playing music, etc. etc.), linux does what they need and just... well... works. So for probably 80-90% of home users they should be using it... AND, for those few that need a specific windows program, they can run windows under a virtual machine in linux. I've used both virtualbox and vmware and they both worked fine. So, in short, why wouldn't you run it instead of an o/s that gets bugs and viruses AND costs you money?
Not only this, but until Win10 (which is just better relative to other previous versions of Windows in this aspect) you wouldn't be ABLE to use repurposed or old hardware past a certain amount of time. Grandma and Grandpa don't NEED a six-core monster to keep in touch with the grandkids, but Windows before 10 makes sure that they think they do. Non-profits and the like can't do tech refreshes every 3 years. Meanwhile, I can run 15-year-old hardware to the point where you can use webmail and a word processor and look at kitty pics. Hell, I have a 8-10 year old off lease Dell laptop that must have been an early 64 bit machine. 2 cores. I use it to maintain the other machines in the house, use email, edit documents, whatever, and it's running Mint MATE 18.2, which is only, what, 6 months old?