--- On Thu, 7/8/10, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >Anyone got any ideas/requests for topics for next week's NLUG meeting? >Chris
I have been moving slowly away from programming the past year and a half into sculpting and art. I have started a statuary and design company for both art pieces and architectural pieces. Unfortunately sculpting is not like the other arts. It is very expensive. I was faced with a decision; buy software or buy clay, molding and casting materials. Silicone is $130 a gallon after shipping, so that made the choice for me. Admittedly, even though I have used Linux as my primary OS for the past, well, almost decade, I was a bit apprehensive to do (learn)painting and other graphic arts using Linux. It isn't traditionally known for professional graphics, with the exception of blender. Ironically I'm not using blender at this point (I plan to though). I decided to stick with Linux after some research and testing and I have been pleasantly surprised with the outcome. The graphics tools have come a long way. GIMP still has a ways to go, but that is why I have started donating small amounts of money to them. The tools on the slate for the next release are very impressive and will raise that bar a bit. With all of that said, I would like to do a presentation at some point illustrating the tools I use and the process involved to show how they have helped me on this journey. I use Ubuntu Studio 10.4 on my desktop, but have the tools loaded on my laptop for when I am out and about. I would not be able to do the next meeting since I am preparing for a meeting with a distribution company, but I should be able to do the following month's meeting. Assuming there is any interest. Here are the tools I use on a regular basis: *Ubuntu Studio (sometimes I get a bug and want to write music too) *Inkscape *GIMP *Scribus *MyPaint *A Wacom tablet *Agave *PDFs, PDFs, PDFs (no problems printing them off site) *Some minor scripting (Python) for statue sizes and proportions. I plan on making many more as I move along. *Of course the traditional LAMP for web and inventory organization. *Accounting is via spreadsheet at present. We can talk about that too. How do you run a business completely on Linux and OSS? I am trying to figure that out. Thanks, Greg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en