Aces! Welcome to the weirdo club. But for real, Linux has a series of long developed AV stuff which may or may not suit your work interests. Like CU I've mainly been a Debian branch fan, so Mint is a good choice for practically anything. Good luck.
Well, if (Fender) Studio 1 and iZotope RX ever come up with Linux versions I will seriously consider jumping ship. For now, I'm in a spot where I can learn wat I need at my own piece. One thing that I am kind of disappointed about (but not entirely surprised by) is despite the claims of how supportive the Linux community is, I've seen a lot of snark in responses to questions from newbies on the Mint Facebook group. For now I've got a useful system and I can learn at my own pace. Slow, but that's actually the way I like to learn things. Not to say that I won't reach out for help. I absolutely will, when/if needed.
Oh, definitely take your time. The "community" at large is... well it can be helpful but mostly it isn't. There's this whole distro war thing going on that's been happening for decades. Pay no heed to the neckbeards. They're annoying. Think of them like Trek purists, everyone has their preferred flavor. Anyone else remember when Richard Stallman ate chunks of his foot on cam?
One of the things that always bugged me about the whole Linux "community" environment is the whole Distro War nonsense, going back to which fucking text editor is the best. Who fucking cares? The whole idea behind Linux is a "right tool for the right job" philosophy, without the spyware and other horseshit laid on top. I don't give a shit if you like Debian, Arch, Gentoo, RedHat, or any variation thereof. If what you're using works for you, who gives a shit. Minor rant, but I always found that annoying to the extreme. Desktop Environment customization is another huge bonus in my opinion. Some people like Gnome, some like KDE, and there are several forks of that sort of thing too. You like it? Great. No need to shit on peoples' choices if they're not your preference. It's a very free but also sometimes bizarre community at large.
GNOME is some Fisher-Price looking bullshit. Since I'm using LM, I'm using the Cinnamon desktop, and it works fine for me. I also like KDE, but it appears LM and KDE go together like peanut butter and carrots. Cinnamon is really close to Windows desktop in appearance and function. Really close.
I'm using Cinnamon and find it about as intuitive as these things get. What I hope for is that once you figure out how to do one thing, it usually gives a leg up on how to do something else. As long as we're trading rants there's nothing that makes me want to than someone starting off by saying "all you have to do is".... there is always a built in assumption that you know how to get to that place where "all you have to do is"...
Looks like the choice for someone like me who just wants something works without a lot of intervention. I will be tweaking and fiddling, but that's because I want to, not because I have to do it to make the thing work.
Tinkering is the best part of Linux. Like you say, not because you have to but because you want to, and Cinnamon's such a lovely desktop environment. It's well made, looks great, feels like a classic, runs like a hot rod.
Killing several birds with one stone here: I've been recording short video blurbs to promote my audiobooks. It's been an interesting ride. First figuring out the right software package to do the video and then figuring how to use the noise reduction software to get rid of the ambient low frequency rumble. If you follow this link you'll see the progression from the first to the most recent. I think you'll find the difference in sound quality quite noticeable. Enjoy!
Is there a way to put the camera closer to the copy so you can look at the lens more easily? One of my pet peeves is that when you directly address the viewer you should look into the lens frequently, if not constantly. Not maintaining "eye contact" makes it seem like you're ignoring the audience. It's really bad when reporters and others actually use two cameras but the talent only addresses one of them.
Yeah, that's another tweak to work on. It's work in progress. It's not perfect, but I am generating some views on social media and I'd rather go with something that's not perfect and try to improve rather than dither and procrastinate while I try to perfect everything.
On a related note https://www.heise.de/en/news/Goodby...-Open-Source-and-saves-millions-11105459.html
TIL that there's a Hannah Montana version of Linux. And before @Bailey asks, I learned about it from this podcast episode: (It's in their picks segment, and was suggested by Christina, who works for M$.)
The writer is a stupid ass for connecting Microsoft to American international affairs. Someone should tell him the current MS CEO is Indian and probably the reason MS is spiraling in the toilet bowl. But personally, good on France. MS has reached its final form as corporate garbage. GNU/Linux is the way.
Good move. Microsoft allows US agencies to have backdoors into its software anyway. It's not at all safe.
That one's been around for awhile. In my old IRC circles we used to refer to HML as the primary penetration testing distro. https://archiveos.org/hannah-montana/
Oh, that's just what the fuck I want. My life is complete now and I can die happy. Fuck that, I don't even like KDE, and I don't want some slutty jailbait as a background.
