@Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog putting numbers in...

@Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog putting numbers in sheets is pretty easy on Linux. Even on Android. Or paper.

I work with video. Editing software for Linux is beyond shitty. And pretty much every tool I need to use don't exist for Linux or it is decade behind professional needs.

I understand that server admin circle-jerks feels good, but since Linux is unusable for actual work with actual data, it is basically proprietary trash to make entitled nerds feel special...

Like 24 April at 14:06 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mas.to

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Mike Taylor 🦕

@fionor @Skelemental @GossiTheDog "proprietary"??

24 April at 14:33 | Open on sauropods.win

GunChleoc

@mike I run Windows in a VirtualBox on top of Linux, for those pieces of work software that aren't available. That setup is probably too nerdy for the average person though.

@fionor @Skelemental @GossiTheDog

24 April at 18:25 | Open on mastodon.scot

Fionor

@gunchleoc @mike @Skelemental @GossiTheDog Workarounds are precisely the reason why I don't want to deal with Linux.
It adds unnecessary layer of complexity destined to introduce plethora of errors and bugs in tasks that are already very complex and prone to cause problems...

Windows and MacOS systems are not ideal, but they fit easily to professional workflow. Linux doesn't.

24 April at 18:34 | Open on mas.to

GunChleoc

@fionor It all depends on what type of work you're doing, and on how much time you can invest into learning new tools. E.g. https://www.peppercarrot.com/ is produced entirely on Linux, including typesetting a printed art book. So, while it doesn't work for you, it doesn't mean it can't work for anybody else.

@mike @Skelemental @GossiTheDog

24 April at 18:48 | Open on mastodon.scot

Fionor

@gunchleoc @mike @Skelemental @GossiTheDog There os this mysterious thing called industry standard... Linux ain't it.

24 April at 18:56 | Open on mas.to

GunChleoc

@fionor For my translation work, I decided to go against the industry standard tool and bought a different tool that is much better, and can import and export the other tool's file format. So, I can swap data with my colleague who uses the industry standard tool.

It's still on Windows though.

24 April at 19:08 | Open on mastodon.scot

jell

@fionor @Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog And yet, VFX software for Linux is amazing and regularly handles intense data (geo, volume caches, and yeah, even frames and muxed video).