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You can also do an ftp install from their (SUSE\Novel) site (or a
mirror) which is neither a live cd nor an eval. They don't provide CDs
for this install (most likely to encourage sales of their for-pay
offerings). Its fully functional however. If you want to do a large
number of network installs for your network you can mirror that section
of their ftp server on your own internal server.
That said, I actually can't fully recommend linux for XSI workstations.
I'm a little hesitant. I don't like the MainWin shim that makes it
run. Older versions of jscript and vcscript kinda scare me. So does
the odd implementation of IE. Other programs that are built from the
ground up to be portable to a unix style environment don't bother me
(i.e. Maya, which is designed orignally for IRIX. i.e. Shake). Infact
I'm usually a strong linux advocate. Its just the way XSI is ported
over, and its heavy dependence on MS Windows tech that's knawing at me.
At this point I'd lean toward a specific mix of windows workstations and
linux render boxes to be a little safer than going completely Linux,
while still taking advantage of some of what linux has to offer.
Just my 2 cents.
-brad
Piotr Twardo wrote:
> I've done some research lately and many 3d applications work faster on
> linux, and after you set everything up properly,
> this is said to be really rocksolid (not a marketing slogan here:)).
> It is not as user friendly and there are not many compositing or
> editing applications (shake, nuke...).
> I ordered a license of SUSE 9.3 and I'm definitely changing to linux.
> You can download eval or live versions of suse from their website if
> you like.
> It's probably the best for a normal not hacking user.
>
> cheers
> Peter
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> -- -- Original Message -- -- From: <walksfar@(protected)>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 8:00 AM
> Subject: Linux or windows?
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>> Hello, I have come across verions of linux with nice GUI and setups and
>> very up to date. Do any of you use these GUI and which are most
>> recommended and how does linux compare to windows (2k,xp) overall
>> performance and does linux give you more bang from your hardware or just
>> the same as windows (2k,xp)? Is linux a better alternative then
>> windows?
>> Please comments suggestions welcome!
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