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What OS and Software For a Mobile Documentary Crew?
jag7720 writes "I am part of a new project that will be filming a documentary. The project HQ will be in the US but it will take us around the world and will last approx 18 months. I am the IT guy and will be responsible for most if not all aspects of hardware and software (not to include editing). We are probably going to use Google mail/calendar/docs and unlocked BlackBerrys for communications. Computers use will mainly be for communications and writing. I am a huge advocate of Linux and Open Source and I want to use it if possible. What would you recommend for an OS platform for a project like this and why? Linux? Mac? Win?"
Commodore 64 with an on-hook phone coupling.
I think you should set up a very very nice Mac desktop at your headquarters
So "documentary" is now a euphemism for "gay porn"?
... then why not Ubuntu? It's pretty clear it was built for that kind of trip, so should serve you well as you track down those Warty Warthogs, Feisty Fawns, Gutsy Gibbons, Hardy Heron, and Jaunty Jackalopes.
Just watch out for those Breezy Badgers: they love their curries, so you don't wanna stand down wind from them... :)
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Mod this up. Ask the crew what software they want to use for editing, and get whatever supports that.
Mod parent up, and grandparent as well, and don't forget me! And in the mean time, ask the crew if they need anything like software and machines and stuff and you know. And then give them that!
You obviously are living in the 90s.
Some of us appreciate cross-dissolved paragraphs in emails.
Yeah, only amateurs use Windows software like this for multimedia.
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Mod parent up, and grandparent as well, and don't forget me! And in the mean time, ask the crew if they need anything like software and machines and stuff and you know. And then give them that!
Mod parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent through the roof. And also great-grandparent's child's grandchild. Also, give your clients what they want.