[ashaiba]

I have been reading about Linux Distros and i saw so many great distros like Musix GNU Linux, and Ubuntu Studio

Now, is there a way to get all the great programs from Ubuntu Studio to Ubuntu 7.10, or Musix to Ubuntu.

Is there a site with all the great Linux software?

[spot]

ashaiba, let me try to understand because I can't be even slightly helpful if I don't grasp the essentials.


Why do you want a computer? What functions do you want to perform? What's vital and what's just interesting but optional?

If I can understand that then I can begin to answer your questions because I actually know lots of answers. Any rational reply at all is a good starting point.

[ashaiba]

Originally Posted by spot ashaiba, let me try to understand because I can't be even slightly helpful if I don't grasp the essentials. Why do you want a computer? What functions do you want to perform? What's vital and what's just interesting but optional? If I can understand that then I can begin to answer your questions because I actually know lots of answers. Any rational reply at all is a good starting point.

For example

Fruityloops BUT for ubuntu
Adobe Photoshop BUT for ubuntu
Dreamweaver BUT for ubuntu
Virtual DJ BUT for ubuntu

[spot]

People who are expert with Adobe Photoshop can earn $100k a year.

People who are expert with Dreamweaver can earn $100k a year too.

People who are good with both Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver have a lot of trouble earning even $40k a year. That's the way companies work.

So why do you want a computer?

[Cew27]

ok well to asnwer your first question you can add the ubuntu studio repos to your sources list
no 2 photoshop dreamweaver and flash all run flawlessly on wine

[ashaiba]

Originally Posted by spot People who are expert with Adobe Photoshop can earn $100k a year. People who are expert with Dreamweaver can earn $100k a year too. People who are good with both Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver have a lot of trouble earning even $40k a year. That's the way companies work. So why do you want a computer?

i dont care about how much money i get, im not planning on being a photoshop and dreamweaver specialist anytime soon.

i want a computer to edit, listen, make music...make sites...play games

hows that relavent to my thread

[spot]

It helps us help you to select the software you'll get most out of and learn most from and find most suited to your aims and abilities. That's why there's not just one Web Design package and not just one virtual sequencer or video editor in the world. And once we've done that it ought to start to become clear which distribution of which operating system is most suited to your objectives.

[Cew27]

well in my oppinion ubuntu is fine for what you want, photoshop, dreamweaver and flash are all fine and you can get a music editing package off the net that will probably match that which you have been using

[spot]

This may be a silly question but what do Photoshop and Dreamweaver cost between them? There's something completely missing from this exchange that I haven't grasped.

[Cew27]

they cost alot, but you can get them very cheap by student means

[xJiX]

rofl @ paying for software xD
my bad.

[ashaiba]

Originally Posted by spot This may be a silly question but what do Photoshop and Dreamweaver cost between them? There's something completely missing from this exchange that I haven't grasped.

i get photoshop and dreamweaver for really cheap, h*ll even free, at my school.

[spot]

Originally Posted by ashaiba i get photoshop and dreamweaver for really cheap, h*ll even free, at my school.

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/open...s/student.html

You're still talking $200 per student even at the cheapest they do for the pair, licensed for a single student computer, and I don't think K12 licensing goes as low as the college prices.

Are you serious about wanting to learn to use those products? It takes people months to get to grips with either, the time investment is huge.

If you're going to then for goodness sake run them on the platform they're designed to be used with, there's no point whatever in switching to some arcane combination when you already own all three operating system environments. It's hard enough to use them at all without adding the uncertainty of where the errors are coming from.

[ashaiba]

Originally Posted by spot http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/open...s/student.html You're still talking $200 per student even at the cheapest they do for the pair, licensed for a single student computer, and I don't think K12 licensing goes as low as the college prices. Are you serious about wanting to learn to use those products? It takes people months to get to grips with either, the time investment is huge. If you're going to then for goodness sake run them on the platform they're designed to be used with, there's no point whatever in switching to some arcane combination when you already own all three operating system environments. It's hard enough to use them at all without adding the uncertainty of where the errors are coming from.

I already know how to use those programs...
and the programs come with my giant tuition