I;m having issues even getting into installed linux, starting up installation get's stuck as well. starts booting into installation and hangs.. on 3 different machines so I gave up completely. But anyway OT... move on :) ᐧ
On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote: > Do you Have Nvidia Opti,us graphics. As they are no end of pain of Linux? > > > -- > ICT Project Manager > Digital Arts > Wits School of the Arts > angus.david...@wits.ac.za > 011 717 4683 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Stanley Mpofu > *Sent:* 31 May 2017 03:14 PM > *To:* Collen Rasalanavho; Angus Davidson; Brian Maistry; Shunmuga Pillay; > Andrew Sam; Tumishi Madihlaba; Donald Dandawa; Bekir Genc; Arinavho > Tshifularo; Simon Mofokeng; Charl Roberts; Mark Allen; James Mokoka; Ernest > Maluleke; Shereen Jacobs > *Subject:* Wits ICT Strategy.pptx > > Colleagues > > As discussed this morning, Please note the attached strategic direction as > well intended service catalogue that will talk to the SLAs between ICT and > the University. Please respond with comments and more ideas around what I > have proposed for Wits going forward. > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > Dr Mpofu Mgobansimbi SB > > *Chief Information Officer (Wits)* > > +27117171662 <+27%2011%20717%201662> > > +27733779947 <+27%2073%20377%209947> > > stanley.mp...@wits.ac.za > > "Lions Don’t Worry About The Opinion Of Sheep" > > > > *PA* > > Celesse-Ann Brandt-Jacobs > > Tel : +2711 717 1602 <+27%2011%20717%201602> > > Email : celesse.brandt-jac...@wits.ac.za > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mirko Jankovic [mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 07 June 2017 03:24 PM > *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/ > forum/#!forum/xsi_list > *Subject:* Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? > > centos, mint, manjaro, fedora, ubuntu.. couple versions of each of them > ᐧ > > On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> > wrote: > >> Which Linux distros have you tried. Some are significantly easier than >> others. >> >> >> >> *From: *Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com> >> *Reply-To: *"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" < >> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> *Date: *Wednesday, 07 June 2017 at 2:27 PM >> >> *To: *"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> *Subject: *Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? >> >> >> >> Until they create linux that you can just insatll, get all drivers >> updated and all up and running and working in same day it will be >> nightmare. >> >> Windows just recently crushed 3 of my machines with it's retarded >> upgrades policy and for some stupid reason I didn't blok all that crap.. >> But tried Linux road couple times and I couldn't even get a single version >> up and running on any of my machines. If a fairly advanced user with 20+ >> years of experience have to struggle to get OS up and running then it >> surely something wrong with that OS :) But yes mac is even rose. simply >> makes no point in wasting so much money on something that >> >> ᐧ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> >> wrote: >> >> I will be honest. I loved my g5 mac pro, and I have loved OSX. There are >> so many things is does in a far more elegant manner than Windows. Even to >> the point of hackintoshing and putting the OS on decent hardware (where it >> really shines). However even with that. These days I go directly to linux. >> Centos if I need to run Maya, or Mint if not. Its just so much easier. The >> new desktops like Mate make it a total pleasure to work in and its >> exceptionally quick. Octane , Photoscan, Fusion all running like a Ferrari. >> >> >> >> I am going have to get used to windows 10 as I will have 250 student >> machines running it next year, but doesn’t mean I have to like it. >> >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> >> >> Angus >> >> >> >> *From: *Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> >> *Reply-To: *"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" < >> softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> *Date: *Wednesday, 07 June 2017 at 1:45 PM >> *To: *"softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> >> >> *Subject: *Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? >> >> >> >> Now more than ever I think of OS X and Apple hardware as the luxury end >> of the consumer PC market. There’s so much about OS X that I prefer to >> Windows but I’m also aware that I’m paying an extreme premium for the >> experience. >> >> >> >> However, It’s been a long time since I’ve considered Apple hardware to be >> an optimal choice for creative professionals per se, never mind 3d >> professionals. The iMac Pro is a lustful piece of consumer electronics for >> sure but it would be a exceptionally odd choice for a 3d professional. >> >> >> >> On 7 Jun 2017, at 12:17, Christopher Crouzet < >> christopher.crou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Something to consider beyond the hardware is the software. >> >> >> >> During the years that I've been using MacOS, Apple often shined at only >> supporting outdated OpenGL versions in their OS, or poorly implementing it. >> To make things worse, they decided to go their own way with their Metal API >> without providing any support for Vulkan (unless I missed something). I >> don't think many developers are willing to write their software using the >> Metal API to boost rendering performances when the 3D market is fairly >> small on Mac. >> >> >> >> Surely it's a bit cocky from them to be boasting their graphics marketing >> when they seem to be hated by graphics developers. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 7 June 2017 at 17:37, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl> wrote: >> >> One of the first reviews, and it's not really a glowing one: >> >> https://www.slashgear.com/imac-pro-still-doesnt-give-the- >> one-thing-pros-want-06487652/ >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> \/-------------\/----------------\/ >> >> On 6-6-2017 21:50, Angus Davidson wrote: >> >> Unfortunately Apple has defined pro market to mean , FCP X and a little >> bit of after effects. Its the only reason I can think of for some of the >> dumb decisions made in the last two years. Up to and including today. >> >> At least dell gives decent EDU discounts. Going to make the move from >> apple far less painful for us >> >> >> >> -- >> ICT Project Manager >> Digital Arts >> Wits School of the Arts >> angus.david...@wits.ac.za >> 011 717 4683 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Stanley Mpofu >> *Sent:* 31 May 2017 03:14 PM >> *To:* Collen Rasalanavho; Angus Davidson; Brian Maistry; Shunmuga >> Pillay; Andrew Sam; Tumishi Madihlaba; Donald Dandawa; Bekir Genc; Arinavho >> Tshifularo; Simon Mofokeng; Charl Roberts; Mark Allen; James Mokoka; Ernest >> Maluleke; Shereen Jacobs >> *Subject:* Wits ICT Strategy.pptx >> >> Colleagues >> >> As discussed this morning, Please note the attached strategic direction >> as well intended service catalogue that will talk to the SLAs between ICT >> and the University. Please respond with comments and more ideas around what >> I have proposed for Wits going forward. >> >> >> >> >> >> Many thanks >> >> >> >> Dr Mpofu Mgobansimbi SB >> >> *Chief Information Officer (Wits)* >> >> +27117171662 <+27%2011%20717%201662> >> >> +27733779947 <+27%2073%20377%209947> >> >> stanley.mp...@wits.ac.za >> >> "Lions Don’t Worry About The Opinion Of Sheep" >> >> >> >> *PA* >> >> Celesse-Ann Brandt-Jacobs >> >> Tel : +2711 717 1602 <+27%2011%20717%201602> >> >> Email : celesse.brandt-jac...@wits.ac.za >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Marc-Andre Carbonneau [marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com] >> *Sent:* 06 June 2017 09:38 PM >> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >> *Subject:* RE: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? >> >> Heheheh thanks everyone. I’m not so much using powerful pcs anymore but >> was interested in getting the low down on these “new” contenders. >> >> MAC >> >> >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ >> mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Moore >> *Sent:* June-06-17 3:36 PM >> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google. >> com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> *Subject:* Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? >> >> >> >> Apologies for this slight digression into the benefits of 2012-2014 >> generation Zseries workstations but the final good points about them is >> that they're built like tanks with top drawer components so they’re less >> risk than many other second hand purchases. The total cost for my three >> Zseries workstations was under £2k (GPU’s on top) so that’s a heap of >> processing power for the budget (96 threads running at 3.1 Ghz). And >> E5-6670’s are incredibly efficient too so running costs are very favourable >> for typical Houdini/ICE CPU simulations. Although running 9 GPU’s across >> three workstations for rendering chews through the juice. >> >> >> >> So back to the original point of the iMac Pro. There are far better ways >> to spend your cash! :) >> >> >> >> On 6 Jun 2017, at 20:21, Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> <PastedGraphic-1.tiff> >> >> As you can see plenty of PCIe Gen3 x16 and x8’s as long as you go for a >> dual processes build. >> >> >> >> Dual E5-2670 based systems won’t best a latest & greatest i7 for GPU >> rendering but if you pick up a system (or preferably multiple systems) at >> the right price, you’re get something that performs well both on CPU >> simulations and on GPU rendering duties. >> >> >> >> http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04400043.pdf >> >> >> >> >> >> On 6 Jun 2017, at 20:05, Ognjen Vukovic <ognj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> I thought those z workstations had pretty old mobos. They only had pcie 2 >> slots. 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