Linux

[Cupz]

Windows stinkows. Fuck dual booting. I only had to give up photoshop.

[Josh]

Don't worry about calling it GNU/Linux. Hardly anyone really calls it that.

If I may, why are you using Debian? Are you running a server?

It's never been a very exciting desktop distro Stable as hell, but it lags behind on updates so you're stuck with old packages.

EDIT: Oh also is your problem to do with UEFI to do with Secure Boot?

I chose Debian because I read a book called Coding Freedom that talks about the origins of hacker culture from the perspective of a anthropologist. The book talked a lot about the Debian community and since I didn't really know much about other distros at the time, I just went with Debian.

I've since tried other distros on VM, but for now I'm sticking with Debian. The latest release is much easier to set up and there is a huge amount of support to be found online.

Like I say, I'm a total amateur, but I don't think Debian is the worst place to start in Linux.

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[volterock]

I was thinking of switching to Linux also and I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but Bitwig runs on Linux which was made by some of the same developers as ableton. If you need to switch later, it also runs in windows or mac.

[Aerial Boundaries]

I set my Arch partition on fire

Freezes up when torrenting (no matter which client), even REISUB doesn't get me out.

I'm trying to decide whether to reinstall and selectively move my config files over, or have a crack at fixing it. This has always happened with Linux for me, I tinker too much without enough experience and mess it all up somehow.

[Cupz]

Its ok. I've dug myself in way to deep a bunch of times. Backing your shit up and reinstalling is usually an easy way out. I have my home folder on a seperate partition so I can reinstall the base system if I fucked it up beyond my limited expertise with a little bash script that installs all the packages I want. Though I haven't found the need to do that for quite a while now. There was a time where I'd format every few months because I was quickly intimidated by certain problems, but remember that you can learn a lot if you get it to work and as a bonus there is quite a nice dopamine rush when it suddenly works. What do the logs say before it dies?

I've had a similar problem with fatrat but then transmission seemed to work so I sorta stuck with it. I'm a bit lazy like that.

[Aerial Boundaries]

I'll take a look later. I will have a go and maybe post on the forums, but the issue is that I now have so many packages and customised config files on my system it is going to be really tough I think. It's frustrating because I have everything set up just how I want it now, and it's probably just one setting somewhere that is causing it. The funny thing is, it isn't putting me off Arch because I've never enjoyed the other distros very much. Pacman makes the other package managers look like shit for one thing. I can't go back to using apt-get. And the AUR... I'm not sure I could do without it now either.

[Aerial Boundaries]

I'm currently forced by the issue above to use Windows... for now.

In the meantime, I've compiled cmus for Windows under cygwin and it works perfectly

[Cupz]

[Jonse]

Windows stinkows. Fuck dual booting. I only had to give up photoshop.

Why would you use photoshop when you could use gimp?

[Cupz]

http://kolourpaint.org/
https://code.google.com/p/grafx2/

[Aerial Boundaries]

Windows stinkows. Fuck dual booting. I only had to give up photoshop.

Why would you use photoshop when you could use gimp?

GIMP is great for what it is, but it is not a true substitute. Photoshop's numerous and high quality features and plugins set it apart unfortunately. They have the funding to have code monkeys working on the tiniest of aspects to tweak the program to a professional standard.

GIMP is great for high level amateur work but is not suitable in a professional environment.

[Jonse]

Windows stinkows. Fuck dual booting. I only had to give up photoshop.

Why would you use photoshop when you could use gimp?

GIMP is great for what it is, but it is not a true substitute. Photoshop's numerous and high quality features and plugins set it apart unfortunately. They have the funding to have code monkeys working on the tiniest of aspects to tweak the program to a professional standard.

GIMP is great for high level amateur work but is not suitable in a professional environment.

lol while I do believe that with its price difference factored in gimp is a better choice that will take care of almost everything for anyone without a career in graphic design, this was more of a bit too much of an inside joke to Cupz, currently sitting one meter away from me. He's not making anything that photoshop is necessary for by any means as far as I can tell (he drew a really nice picture in a basic paint program this morning). His preferences are akin to mine in an inverse manner.

[Aerial Boundaries]

Oh I was just being pedantic lol.

GIMP is a very capable program, I used to use it regularly. Web designers in particular would benefit from using it if they are tight on cash and don't want to go the illegal route.

[Cupz]

There's actually a lot of work created solely on open-source software. You wouldnt be able to see the difference. I'm talking anything from hollywood quality 3d animation to digital paintings. I've worked as a photoshopper profesionally for a little while and I can't say there isn't anything you can't do in gimp that you could in photoshop except maybe some of the stock effect filters, but who uses those anyway (and even those you could probably find/create yourself). I get that it's less user-friendly so you can't have less tech-savy designers that believe their computer should be shiny and have an apple on it work as effeciently. They have to relearn everything they where taught in school because schools force-feed proprietary software. If I where to have a company that had to use some sort of graphic manipulation, no matter the budget, I'd rather save on the cost/butrape of adobe (you need a licence for each employee) start slow and have my team get used to working with open source stuff. So in that regard it is actually perfect for professional environments.

I prefer editing in kolourpaint and grafx2 though. Its charming and oldschool.

[Aerial Boundaries]

Speaking of which, I know you are into game design. Have you ever used Blender?

It is so powerful... but that interface. It's a fucking Hell Interface.

[Cupz]

lololol

fresh install hoorah

[Stavorius]

Linux is cool, but I'll still dual-boot it with Mac OS X.

[Cupz]

Do it. I started with a windows/ubuntu dual-boot. Its the best way to learn to leave the dark side.

[PadraïK]

I love linux, now for a year or two. Just made the transition to 16.04. only daw I kept from my windowssetup is reaper which works well with vst's in wine.
At first I thought linux looked a bit dull but it made me more confident in using command line again, and fiddling with python, or csound qt or pure data. That makes you feel like using a computer instead of just reading/viewing/sharing stuff. Something I never did while using instant-windows.

[mGardener]

I just installed kubuntu and i'm not looking back, one thing that I hate about Linux is it's fragmentation and elitism in it's community, tf do you mean that i'm not a "real" linux user because i don't daily drive arch with a fuckton of ricing.

Anyways if you want to get into linux I would highly reccomend installing Linux Mint, if you are not scared of the terminal (or have used WSL) start with kubuntu (not ubuntu, canonical is shit).

I also personally don't like Stallman, he's annoying.