Hello community,
I am tired of windows slowing down my laptop, and I tought I’d give linux a chance. So I learn, that there are many linuxes, and I wonder if it really matters. which one to choose. Can all linux apps be run on all distributions? Is it just a matter of the ‘app store’ supporting them or not?
I am producing media art for theatre plays. So I have to rely on a stable system as well as the following tools:
- Blender 3d
- a DAW
- Design Software (adobe alternatives)
- Video Editing & compositing
- Projection mapping (I fear, there is just mapmap under linux)
- audio cuing (linux show player)
- maybe also light show programming (artnet / dmx)
The machine would be a Gigabyte Aero 15x with a dedicated nvidia gfx card, and 8 gigs of ram.
What would you recommend me?
Pretty much any distro will do, but Ubuntu-based ones tend to be easier to use due to having menus and buttons for most everything. As for apps, here are my suggestions
3D
Blender
DAW
Ardour
LMMS
Bitwig
~VIDEO EDITING~
Davinci Resolve (if on Nvidia)
Kdenlive
Olive (alpha software, be wary of crashes and save often)
IMAGES
GIMP
Krita
Photopea (web app)
Inkscape
Lights may be possible with OpenRGB but I haven’t personally messed with these kinda of software
Also scribus can be extremely clunky if you need to make flyers inkscape may be easier.
I’ve made 60 page brochures in Scribus on several occasions without real issues.
However you have to know a bit (not necessarily a lot, but at least understand what you’re doing) of typography, and using styles is absolutely essential.
It’s a quirky program but it works fine.