Linux Lingam wrote:
am through with the 'anti-ms' emotion long ago. don't care about them anymore. am only interested in 100% linux hardware compatibility on my gear. thus, looking for a high-end laptop that comes pre-installed with gnu/linux with all the bits at 100% compatibility. i am currently not aware of the level of compatibility with 3d graphics-card (ati/nvidia) and sound-cards or usb-based sound-devices.
Take a look at http://www.emperorlinux.com/ - their Gazelle series come with an ATI X1600 and seems to work out of the box ( again, not sure how shipping / support into India will work though! )
w.r.t USB sound, would the creative extigy hit 'acceptable' quality ? there seem to be a couple of projects that claim 100% functionality for the exaudio on linux.
Most skype branded usb handsets come up as usb-audio devices, so its reasonable to assume that atleast some form of usb-audio does work :D
yes, i know linux has been ruling the roost in hollywood animation and the film-industry since several years, but with proprietary packaged software, and especially with custom-code that never sees the light of day outside the studios. hence the key operative word 'foss-based' above.
Actually, yes that is true. The people I know, in that line of business are the people I've seen and worked with, which are FilmLight, Hammerhead and Canon. None of these guys specialise in Audio, but all have audio capability strapped onto their main product - Video.
btw, hammerhead do a lot of their work with open source stuff as well, its not all prop!
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