On 12/24/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 23, 2007 3:38 PM, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Debian (which is the distro I suspect you were misspelling) is pretty > > unsuited for desktop use. Nice server OS though. Ubuntu is a better > > choice on the desktop. > > Yep. Ubuntu made my 2000 vintage HP laptop live again. I don't use it > much, but it's nice for watching DVDs from time to time and for guests > to have a way to get online.
Yep, I like Ubuntu as a general desktop. > > > > No Linux OS is suitable for a > > professional-grade imaging workstation, and won't be until X acquires > > proper colour management (And there's a decent 16-bit image editor). > > Not to nitpick, but I've been working on cg animated films using Linux > since 1999 or so. On properly calibrated monitors, using commercial > calibration tools (of which I know little--lately at Pixar, the > Systems guys come by a couple of times per month in the morning, > before I even show up, to calibrate my monitor.) So it *is* > technically possible to have proper color management on Linux. Your > point involving Gimp is very valid though, although one could use > Shake or something like that--crazy, I know, but I do have a friend > who uses use Shake for his photography. Oh, it is possible, but I seriously doubt you were using anything particularly close to a commonly-available X Server. Probably running Matrox cards with proprietary X Servers (which would be necessary to get colour management in X) or possibly a commercial X distribution in its entirety. I'm primarily speaking about any base Linux distro running stock X servers. > > > For those of us who want actual control over their workflow, and > > repeatable results from multiple printing options, Linux is Not There > > Yet. > > I do agree with that. Funny that someone who refuses to use a lossy > compression format would process his images in an 8-bit program. That > point made me smile. > Indeed. > j > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
