Hello community,

I am tired of windows slowing down my laptop, and I tought I’d give linux a chance. So I learn, that there are many linuxes, and I wonder if it really matters. which one to choose. Can all linux apps be run on all distributions? Is it just a matter of the ‘app store’ supporting them or not?

I am producing media art for theatre plays. So I have to rely on a stable system as well as the following tools:

  • Blender 3d
  • a DAW
  • Design Software (adobe alternatives)
  • Video Editing & compositing
  • Projection mapping (I fear, there is just mapmap under linux)
  • audio cuing (linux show player)
  • maybe also light show programming (artnet / dmx)

The machine would be a Gigabyte Aero 15x with a dedicated nvidia gfx card, and 8 gigs of ram.

What would you recommend me?

  • Rogueren@discuss.tchncs.de
    10·
    1 year ago

    Pretty much any distro will do, but Ubuntu-based ones tend to be easier to use due to having menus and buttons for most everything. As for apps, here are my suggestions

    3D

    Blender

    DAW

    Ardour

    LMMS

    Bitwig

    ~VIDEO EDITING~

    Davinci Resolve (if on Nvidia)

    Kdenlive

    Olive (alpha software, be wary of crashes and save often)

    IMAGES

    GIMP

    Krita

    Photopea (web app)

    Inkscape

    Lights may be possible with OpenRGB but I haven’t personally messed with these kinda of software

    • aedalla
      2·
      1 year ago

      Also scribus can be extremely clunky if you need to make flyers inkscape may be easier.

      • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve made 60 page brochures in Scribus on several occasions without real issues.

        However you have to know a bit (not necessarily a lot, but at least understand what you’re doing) of typography, and using styles is absolutely essential.

        It’s a quirky program but it works fine.