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?

  • aedalla
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    1 year ago

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

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      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.