I have been experimenting with creating compositing software lately, and the engine works,. it has high bitdepth, and some effects, interesting do occur when combining multiple atoms though. EffecTV has this same effect the chameleon tv effect, this version might also give a few hints about how the effect is made.
I don't have much time to work on this software, essentially what I've got is a fully working engine for video editing/compositing, but not time to get the ui really going.
Does any distro come with a "workstation" option at install? I've been using linux as a workstation OS for the last six years now, and one of my primary concerncs in configuring it have been, speed, reliability, and ease of use.
Everytime I reinstall new versions of distros (currently RH, was slackware in the old days) I usually rib down the system and rebuild it with _only_ the needed functionality...
Running processes when I've booted:
xfs
xdm
sendmail
wwwoffled
Xfree86
(+some others that the kernel "own") I also remove most virtual consoles. This is an advantage to me even if I am quite computer literate, I also aim for ease of use in the GUI,... when I actually do work... it is extremely effective... because enlightenment,... "remembers" where I want my different windows and such...
Perhaps it would be an idea to supplement the distros... redhat, suses, debian etc. with a standard "computer-illiterate-guest-user".. and a special... trimmed and ribbed user-workstation runlevel?
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Couple it with an application to take screenshots, and you're set.
I have been experimenting with creating compositing software lately, and the engine works,. it has high bitdepth, and some effects, interesting do occur when combining multiple atoms though. EffecTV has this same effect the chameleon tv effect, this version might also give a few hints about how the effect is made.
I don't have much time to work on this software, essentially what I've got is a fully working engine for video editing/compositing, but not time to get the ui really going.
Everytime I reinstall new versions of distros (currently RH, was slackware in the old days) I usually rib down the system and rebuild it with _only_ the needed functionality...
Running processes when I've booted:
- xfs
- xdm
- sendmail
- wwwoffled
- Xfree86
(+some others that the kernel "own")I also remove most virtual consoles.
This is an advantage to me even if I am quite computer literate, I also aim for ease of use in the GUI,... when I actually do work... it is extremely effective... because enlightenment,... "remembers" where I want my different windows and such...
Perhaps it would be an idea to supplement the distros... redhat, suses, debian etc. with a standard "computer-illiterate-guest-user" .. and a special... trimmed and ribbed user-workstation runlevel?