[Ipg-smz] What happens when Linux keeps getting better and better?

[Stephen Satchell]

On 12/20/18 4:41 PM, Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya wrote:
> I, on the other hand shoot with 3 cameras in 4K and record sound from
> 3 different microphones (uncompressed) - MixPre 6 - all recorded
> separately. Since I use 3 camera and record in LOG- I have to color
> correct them and I also do grading. Then I have to process the audio.
> On top of that I have to use multi-cam feature to be able to switch
> between cameras. I use many external tools from iZotopes and video
> plugins. None will work on Linux. Let alone Linux able to handle 4K
> HVEC format. Plus Linux doesn’t get optimization for GPU. Same video
> on a 6Core system with 64GB of ram takes 3 hours on Window with Adobe
> and real time on macOS. I can’t afford to spend 5 hours on one video
> (and probably 2-3 days on Linux) Don’t even ask me to try this on
> Linux. So those or us who use it from professional work, do know the
> real value of using macOS.

The problem isn't Linux, it's that no developers of the software and
capabilities you need are willing to publish their work in the FOSS
environment.  The Linux community has fallen far behind the Mac/Windows
environment in providing the tools.

The basic capabilities are there, including using GPUs where appropriate
-- but the programs have to be aware they are there, and use them.
Ditto games for Linux, which is still in its infancy.

Computer use is more than just the operating system.  Given the current
state of the software art, you are completely justified in avoiding the
Linux platform in the near term.

If I were doing typography again, I would go Macintosh.  I was a real
lover of Adobe Illustrator and PageMaker on the Mac.  But I don't do
that any more.

"The right tool for the right job."