[wplug] From Mac to Linux

[Zachary Uram]

Check out Ubuntu Studio, it chock full of multimedia apps!

http://ubuntustudio.org/

Zach



On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net> wrote:

> I may be in a position in the near future to recommend Linux to a group of
> Mac users.
> The people in question are multimedia users who would appreciate a good
> selection of
> editing software. Since I'm relatively inexperienced with OS X,   I'd like
> to know which
> distributions the rest of you might recommend.
>
> The only distro I can think of is Ubuntu because Unity takes such obvious
> design cues
> from OS X - and since it's based on Debian, the software selection is
> obviously there.
> I'd hate to move people from one walled garden to the other, though. While
> Canonical
> isn't as restrictive as Apple, its strategy for the future seems to
> revolve around in-
> house software that sets Ubuntu at odds with the Linux community.
>
> But the fit seems to be there. Unity tries to imitate OS X, and it's
> pretty obvious that
> Canonical is the "Apple" of the Linux world.
>
> Is there anything else I'm missing? I'd normally look to OpenSUSE for this
> sort of thing,
> but every computer I've installed the latest release on has experienced
> bizarre
> problems. Besides, KDE's default interface is much closer to Windows than
> Mac.
>
> --
> *Justin Smith*
>
> "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius
> to
> understand the simplicity."
> -Dennis Ritchie
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