Any Ubuntu/Linux users here?
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- moth0
I wish I could use a linux OS.
ACS is a bit of a no goer though, and the GIMP, sucks.
- Gimp looks a little horrific doesnt it.
photoshop ftw.Hombre_Lobo
- Gimp looks a little horrific doesnt it.
- HijoDMaite0
Hey, thanks man. I'm going to do some more reading before I do this.
- ernexbcn0
I use it on an old PC I have at home as a server and also on my webservers online
- Peter0
ubuntu
Used as a home server (macs all round). Work files, so on.
But also as a mediaserver/station. I can't stop raving about Boxee for it. It's amazing, and it's free. Works for Mac too but somehow it seems to float more smoothly on a Ubuntu pc. http://www.boxee.tv/
There's a free remote app for the iphone too. It practically steals away productive hours.
- lukus_W0
I use linux most of the time .. but right now I'm in windows for Adobe. Adobe need to make linux versions of their software - if they did that, linux would be perfect.
- AGREED.Hombre_Lobo
- would be the best thing in Century!
(and a little backwash for apple)gosche
- version30
it is very safe to assume that linux is much more common in the design community than this forum will reflect
- version30
i mean if not for ubuntu, i would have never seen interface windows explode and beam away
- sototallycarl0
tried it for production machine once. very tough to make work. you can get CS2 through Wine. Flex SDK for native Flash/Flex compiling. any number of text editor would work for code. anything beyond that you can run a seamless VM but the performance is not great. even FTP is a pain at times.
- HijoDMaite0
Thinking about installing on my Dell laptop. Does anyone use the Windows/Ubuntu option at boot up?
- Hombre_Lobo0
Yeh I dual boot xp and ubuntu.
Yo have many options.
You can install ubuntu onto the same partition as windows and run it from a folder on your hard drive, using a free piece of software the name of which I forget
You can install ubuntu on a seperate partition using the standard ubuntu 9.10 distribution. His has in built functionality for dual booting, so if you already have windows installed it will install the Grub boot loader allowing you to choose your desired OS at start up.
You can run ubuntu off the cd without installing. This is ideal for a test drive.
You can install ubuntu onto a flash key or portable hard drive.
A few options for you there. Just so you know WINE is a comparability layer - not an emulator - which allows you to un windows apps on ubuntu. Not all apps work but there is a comprehensive database created by the wine developers which tells you what programs work, how successful the install was, which ubuntu is best for that program etc it's very helpful.
I got counter strike source running on ubuntu, but couldn't get adobe apps working.
- spraycan0
you can use a program called wine or something like wich can run windows app on lubuntu, you can also install ubuntu on a simple flash key leaving you HD and boot record intact
- Hombre_Lobo0
Thanks for replies all.
Im getting the impression not many people on here use linux full time, most just dabble.
Anyone got any good links on how to set up Adobe CS3 or CS4 on linux? Cracked adobe and legal guides if possible.
i have a purchased cs2 copy, but would rather use cs3 or 4, but cant quite afford them yet.Ive researched it a fair bit, but any guides would be helpful, particularly if they were successful.
thanks again :)
- HijoDMaite0
I just installed Ubuntu on my Dell Inspiron (Win/Ubuntu boot up option.) I frekkin love it!! So clean, so fast! The Pirate Bay is running soooo smooth. How is everyone not doing this?
- plash0
I use backtrack form time to time.
- mrsprinkles0
I like ubuntu but I keep going back to OS X. I use debian and ubuntu server for all the websites I work on though.. I use parallels desktop to setup local dev linux environments and openvz if the dev environment can't be done locally. works really well!
- Hombre_Lobo0
@HijoDMaite
Its great isnt it! looks great, runs smooth, absolute winner! pleased you like it :)
If only it had all adobe apps working on it, then id say bye to windows / just use windows for gaming.
- Hombre_Lobo0
@mrsprinkles
yeh ubuntu is great for web developers and programmers, its easier to get the related programs working on ubuntu than it is to get the adobe suite working.
- comicsans0
Ubuntu fanboys are second only to Apple fanboys in their uncritical, and largely uneducated, devotion. It's an OK starter Linux made easy for the unskilled to use but lots about it is still flaky, particularly wireless and ISTR soundcards. Check out Mint and Fedora also.
As for servers, people in the know who want stability and world class support use RHEL, cheapskates use Centos or a BSD.
- powertoni0
I have it on a dell laptop and i like it ok, but its definitely not a productivity machine. But that may be due to my relative lack of experience with it in comparison to my years on a mac.
As far as being a production machine, You can get away with it for Flex work, but not much else. (IMO)