Yo linux team, i would love some advice.

I’m pretty mad at windows, 11 keeps getting worse and worse and I pretty done with Bill’s fetishes about bing and ai. Who knows where’s cortana right now…

Anyway, I heard about this new company called Linux and I’m open to try new stuff. I’m a simple guy and just need some basic stuff:

  • graphic stuff: affinity, canva, corel, gimp etc… (no adobe anymore, please don’t ask.)
  • 3d modelling and render: blender, rhino, cinema, keyshot
  • video editing: davinci
  • some little coding in Dart/flutter (i use VS code, I don’t know if this is good or bad)
  • a working file explorer (can’t believe i have to say this)
  • NO FUCKIN ADS
  • NO MF STUPID ASS DISGUSTING ADVERTISING

The tricky part is the laptop, a zenbook duo pro (i9-10/rtx2060), with double touch screens.

I tried ubuntu several years ago but since it wasn’t ready for my use i never went into different distros and their differences. Now unfortunately, ready or not, I need to switch.

Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.

  • @GolfNovemberUniform
    2•13 days ago

    I’m not a graphics designer and idk any of the graphics related apps you listed except gimp but everything should work fine as long as it have a native Linux version. You may need to replace Davinci with something else though because it can be a pain to get working on Linux.

    For distros, I’d recommend Mint because it’s just pretty much the most beginner-friendly one you can get and it’s quite conservative but it has very old drivers so performance may not be the best, EndeavourOS (based on Arch btw but quite stable) if you have very very recent hardware or if you want newest performance optimizations (driver versions) and Pop!_OS if you have an NVidia GPU. I wouldn’t recommend Fedora or Ubuntu because the first one rushes major bleeding edge changes (including AI) and the second one is known for some questionable choices (including ads and pushing proprietary app stores with poor moderation).

    P. S. We do not like clickbait or any other kinds of bait here. Please follow the rules of ethical posting

    • @dan00@lemm.eeOP
      4•13 days ago

      Thanks, I’m slowing distancing myself from software that are not supported in linux or treat customers as milking cows for ai. At least in graphic design space, I feel I’m getting cornered more and more from people like adobe, microsoft or apple. I’ll check endeavourOs and def Mint!

      Sorry for the bait, I thought it was more obvious

      • @boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
        2•12 days ago

        You can try the GIMP beta Flatpak.

        See instructions how to do this in my repo

        After adding the repo, do flatpak install --user gimp and use the gimp-beta version.

        They add tons of stuff to it like color profiles and nondestructive filters.

      • @GolfNovemberUniform
        0•12 days ago

        Nobody. I just analysed the behavior of the community and came to the conclusion that the majority doesn’t like it.