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Video Vault: Flirting with Linux (Patreon)

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2025-01-17 14:35:13
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Some thoughts on Linux, and showing you around my OS.

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Z1rv0nr

You were the final straw that made me accept I need to swap form windows soon. I have been preparing ever since your video to make the switch.

ebyscoots

I should expand on my comment on the last video. I'm building my first PC and installing linux. I'm an artist and want to move away from adobe and a lot of the other platforms. But I also have the knowledge and skills of being a software developer as my 9-5 job. So if, as I move through everything and work on piecing things together, I'll happily share what I figure out as well. <3 Thanks for this video and sharing what you've learned as well! It's been really helpful.

Jimmy Stauf

It's great to see the vibes go to "how to get away and own your own pipeline". I'm absolutely here for this kind of content. As a person that did away with windows and moved over to Linux (Kunbuntu) and started to find open source alternatives to things (Krita vs. photoshop, Steam to play my games on Linux with the compatibility layer, Blender for 3D work, Godot for game jam stuff) it'll nice to see other people strike out and try and share their experiences. Thanks for some hopeful content in a dismal year.

Zafaron Uriuc

Loved the video and the down to earth discussion of the difficulties but also how there is usually a solution somewhere. Your last video was my final push to ditch microsoft and as of yesterday my computer is now running linux mint completely. Not a creative so no comments there but just wanted to thank you for your speaking truth to power but also being part of the solution and getting me to go from "I really should switch to linux" to "I now run linux" after puttering around for like a year!

Lauren McCoy

I think a discord server or subreddit would be a good idea. In terms of Linux support, a lot of subreddits already do exist, but having a space specifically for creatives looking to switch to Linux could be extremely helpful.

Capster

i think if you talk softly to it and give it head pats there is a higher chance it will cooperate with you

walllable

I noticed the disparity between audio vs other creative disciplines too, with regards to central hubs (namely r/linuxaudio,) it's odd and I wonder why it happened like that. Even though I'm already pretty familiar with Linux, it'd be super cool to see resources on how to get this stuff set up in a well-documented form, especially if it's kept up to date. IMO though, it's essential that this resource is easily discoverable and searchable, and as nice as Discord is for quick communication and exchange of ideas, I don't think a Discord server would itself make a good location to host resources - I don't wanna have to join a server just to get info that I might only sometimes need. I'd definitely prefer a subreddit, especially since they can have wiki sections natively. The ideal would be a standalone website so that you don't have to rely on Reddit, but I can see the costs and time administrating the thing being a pain, so I totally understand not going this route at the start. An interesting conundrum that I ran into while getting VR set up is that, in the case if this niche, there was already a pretty great resource with lots of community documentation, the Linux VR Adventures wiki, but I didn't know about it even after doing some research and googling because I only saw people trying to solve their problems independently on scattered subreddits, or people making guides on said subreddits that don't get updated, so the wiki seems to sort of get crowded out in the search results or something, so maybe it'd be useful to have pointers to wikis like that as well?

walllable
>>161630055

Also, how's FL on Linux been treating you? I've been meaning to get it installed, but wineasio's a bit of a pain, so I've been sticking with Reaper lately instead... As much as I like it, I used FL for a long time, and I'm still much faster with it, so it'd be nice to have for sketching down ideas at least.

James Lee Animation
>>161630055

You're right in that info on discord tends to be undescoverable. I'm not super knowledgeable on the culture on Discord and how information moves there, ideally it would be run on an oldschool, self hosted forum, but I don't know how many regular people would jump on to that. Reddit might be the best middleground atm, and then a condensed guide hosted somewhere else

James Lee Animation
>>161630055

There's still a few hickups for me with FL, though I've heard enough people talk about how well it runs on Linux to give me confidence. What distro are you using?

Ole Vølund Skov Mortensen

I got a Linux workstation. I run Vegas pro via a vm because it's the software from windows I can't live without. I hate vms for being a overhead on my Linux system while using a single program but i wanted Linux. Getting up and running weren't hard, but finding that software needed to forget i have a Mac as a backup is a little ways off. Software is king at the day. But to struggle on an awesome operation system are making that pain a little easier of overcoming. I've run things on Linux that would require way higher specs on windows and so I'm at that same place. I got my Vegas pro editor, my programming suite with jetbrains, but other than that I'm always looking for a better way.

walllable
>>161630055

Re: the culture in discord servers, it's a lot like forums in that the culture's what you mold it into. Some resource-related discords I'm in can be insular more out of tradition and lack of initiative rather than any sort of malice or anything, while others make efforts to remember to publish what they find out on wikis, like the Linux VR one I mentioned. As much as I'd like a forum (I still browse some!) you're probably right in that most wouldn't bother, it's a shame. As far as what I'm using, I'm using Nobara, a gaming-focused version of Fedora with some extra bells and whistles, one of them being an installer for DaVinci Resolve, I believe - haven't gotten around to trying that yet, though.

mitchellv

Some creators that I watch regularly daily drive Linux as well - Gardiner Bryant and The Linux Experiment. Their channels are not as vfx heavy, but the fact they've been able to produce good quality videos from Linux is a good sign for your project. Your recent video on ditching Windows prompted me to support on Patreon. I get the sense that many people feel 'stuck' with big tech, so when someone with a platform promotes an alternative - and follows through - I feel inspired! I also daily drive Linux (Fedora, Manjaro), but I am a developer. My job is easier for me on Linux than Windows! Admittedly, I do dual-boot for some multiplayer games that do not support anti-cheat on Linux.

KylaTea

Tbh the idea of switching came back to me when I saw Windows trying to do that new W11 update with the spyware. I’m already gonna use DaVinci Resolve for my videos. Been looking at tutorials for the last week

TimiTao

glitch ad 2:18? next problems with linux?

Matvai Cross

For me i just fully switched to bazzite on my desktop. It runs off of fedora. And definitely is better than Windows already

Fehu

Bottles can help alot, I work in IT, and my work flow happens to *mostly* work fine on Linux, but some tools and programs require or expect a windows environment. Bottles flatpak and flatseal can work wonders if windows only software is required. you might want to reach out to Michael Tunnell, he is a creative youtuber that works on Linux and might have the insight that you would find helpful. On a last note, a reddit plus a github might be the right combo of gathering insight/information and then having a open repository of fixes for common creative issues.

Harrison Leake

OMG Linux Mint Slaps! I had no idea an entire OS was out there that was my ideal main-driver. Thanks for introducing me to this man. You've done me an incredible service.

PapaMoon

The DaVinci AAC issue is just Black Magic not wanting to pay for or sell a license for the codec. Microsoft and Apple pay the licensing fee for every machine that ships with their operating systems. Linux distributes codecs that are fine in most jurisdictions but legally dubious in others, this leads to a more conservative attitude from commercial vendors that support Linux. A possible middle ground could be as Linux grows we see commercial distributions meant for home use re-emerge with proper licensed codecs and those distros being the target for commercial software like DaVinci. Regarding the fragmentation of the community, during it's heyday the Ubuntu Studio IRC server was the place to be as a creative on Linux, unfortunately due to a chain of a few major upheavals in 2010 in some core projects that are only just now starting to settle down we actually went backwards in a lot of ways between 2010 and 2018ish before Valve and AMD started really pushing Linux and making massive strides very quickly. I think you're part of the groundswell of creatives getting fed up with Microsoft, Apple, Google and Adobe, over the last 12 months there have been a lot of unexpected creatives trying out Linux and it has opened the eyes of some developers to the new user experience and improving that aspect. I think a discord paired with a website or wiki hosted on GitHub or similar would be the ideal solution to jump start a new central location for creatives to gather. With regards to some good places to get information, a really good reference is the Arch Wiki, even if you don't run Arch it provides in great detail how to configure and setup many common packages. The Level1Techs forum is another great spot to get help an learn more, especially when it comes to the bleeding edge or unusual setups like running Windows programs in a virtual machine as if they were native Linux applications. This is achieved by passing through a video card to your Windows VM so that Windows has full control over the graphics card then using a program called Looking Glass to essentially pipe the video card's output from Windows to the Linux host's own graphics card (the built in graphics on supported processors is good enough so you don't need two video cards.) Some miscellaneous recommendations for software that aren't showcased in your video: - Bottles (A frontend for Wine that has community configurations for a lot of popular software) - Krita (Open source digital painting application) - OnlyOffice (Open source office suite that has better compatibility with LibreOffice at the expense of some functionality) - Crossover (The primary developers of WINE are a company that make a commercial front end, this is similar to Bottles but instead of community support you're paying for professional support.) - Obsidian (Great notes application with Linux support, it can get pretty deep without being overwhelming unlike my personal setup with is Emacs org-mode) - Flatseal (Helps manage your flatpaks) - Lutris (program that helps to install Windows programs on Linux, mainly focuses on games) - BitWarden (Cross platform password manager) - Blender (Not only 3D but also has a 2D animation tool called GreasePencil that recently had a major update with some great improvements all around with further improvements coming in 4.4) - KDE Connect (Similar to Apple's integration between their devices only replicated with Android and every desktop OS) - Waydroid (wayland only so won't run on stock Mint yet but it allows you to natively run Android in a container and thus Android apps without emulation issues)

HalfOfBilly

I've been using Mint for a while myself, I'm curious how you got Clip Studio Paint running on Wine (as in, was there a specific guide or configuration you followed); I had it set up and working for a while, but recently my installation broke and the original tutorial I used to install it vanished.

PapaMoon
>>162718931

Install Lutris and then this install script should do the trick, if you have issues, reply and I'll see if I or someone I know that uses CSP can update the script to get it working: https://lutris.net/games/clip-studio-paint/

MajorDumpsterFire

Obviously a bit late to the party but maybe setting up a wiki on a free service like Wiki.gg to collate all the fixes and workarounds for creatives would be the way to go. Main thing would just be making sure people know it exists. ETA: I use Arch (CachyOS), btw

Emil Johansen

When I decided to move my gamedev workflow to Linux in 2018, a first step I can really recommend was to identify the alternative workflow apps I figured I would be using on there and switch to them while still on my current OS, spending a half year adapting to them in stead of having to both adapt to new apps and new OS at the same time.

Emil Johansen

For the mission of establishing accessible resources for the AV community, one alternative to corporate walled gardens worth having a look at is https://nodebb.org/ An interesting recent step in that openness and accessibility direction is the incorporation of ActivityPub support. This ties together not just all nodebb forums, but opens your community to the wider fediverse as well.