You should not despise that easily, just come by and visit and you will see what this so called "comunists" are doing.
Just as a token of reference, I've been 2 weeks here (beijing china) and seen lots (I mean lots!) of Mc Donald's, KFC, TJI Fridays etc etc.. They are everywhere!
Coffee at any of the local Starbucks is about 23 Yuen (US $3.00) and the places are packed! (of local chinese kids )
I've never seen a more capitalistic place than this! (and believe me I'vee been all over the world)
Considering than 10 years ago people where marching against tanks, the current government has done an incredible job of transformation with a minimum of pain (Just look at the USSR)
Granted, there are still a lot of human right pending issues, but it is pretty hipocritical to complain about it while very similar behaviour is going on in the US (read guantanamo, etc etc.)
Those who fail to study their history, are doom to repeat it.
alx.
I happen to be in Beijing right now (just visiting). This week I've gone to a lot of shopping malls and computer stores looking arround, and I can say there is a *whole* lot of Linux out here.
I Guess that M$softs antipiracy efforts here have backfired bigtime, now PHB's (at least in the corporate environment I am working at) are thinking twice before using pirated copies of MS.
Considering that a copy of Windoze cost as much as 1/2 a months salary for a full-time programer, it is now very appealing to move to linux.
If you want to know why you feel on "the zone" when you are six feet deep inside your computer while programing, take a look at : Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience -- by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;
It is really worth the read. You might find out that we are all really a bunch of flow addicts.
There is a lot of development going on on various places right now. It is true that some of them are not ready for primetime, but the pace of development is brisk.
For now some good leads..
Cinelerra (Good but not for the weak)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/heroin
For a description of it's features:
http://www.lmahd.com/cinelerra.html
Kino: (Nice and easy)
http://kino.schirmacher.de/
Main Actor (If you got some doe to spend..)
http://www.mainconcept.com/products/mainactorLinux.shtml
Command line tools (Real men need no GUI!)
Mjpeg Tools :
http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/
Transcode :
http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostre ich/transcode/
DVGrab : (get your video from your IEEE DV cam)
Avidemux : http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/
VCDImager : http://www.vcdimager.org/
Some guides:
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article 254.shtml#254lfindex4
http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/Docs/LML33-NLE.html# SECTION00080000000000000000
Here again, the main beef with Cinelerra is the lack of a good Manual and the need for horsepower..
C'mon guys.. Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
The software itself is good and it actually does the job.
Best thing to do is to spend the time, help out on the project by writing a decent manual.
Regarding the CPU & RAM required, Big deal.. Use the money that you save using *FREE* software and upgrade your system!
BTW here are links to a couple of manuals that people are already writing
http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra/cinelerra.html
http://www.robfisher.net/video/cinelerra1.html
Cinelerra is a bit temperamental, but it does have a LOT of power.. IMHO I believe that with a good manual, most of the negative comments would fade away.
PS. I do run it on a 2.4 gig cpu + 1 gig ram.. (RH 8.0 BTW)
Slashdot Mirror
You should not despise that easily, just come by and visit and you will see what this so called "comunists" are doing. Just as a token of reference, I've been 2 weeks here (beijing china) and seen lots (I mean lots!) of Mc Donald's, KFC, TJI Fridays etc etc.. They are everywhere! Coffee at any of the local Starbucks is about 23 Yuen (US $3.00) and the places are packed! (of local chinese kids ) I've never seen a more capitalistic place than this! (and believe me I'vee been all over the world) Considering than 10 years ago people where marching against tanks, the current government has done an incredible job of transformation with a minimum of pain (Just look at the USSR) Granted, there are still a lot of human right pending issues, but it is pretty hipocritical to complain about it while very similar behaviour is going on in the US (read guantanamo, etc etc.) Those who fail to study their history, are doom to repeat it. alx.
I happen to be in Beijing right now (just visiting). This week I've gone to a lot of shopping malls and computer stores looking arround, and I can say there is a *whole* lot of Linux out here. I Guess that M$softs antipiracy efforts here have backfired bigtime, now PHB's (at least in the corporate environment I am working at) are thinking twice before using pirated copies of MS. Considering that a copy of Windoze cost as much as 1/2 a months salary for a full-time programer, it is now very appealing to move to linux.
If you want to know why you feel on "the zone" when you are six feet deep inside your computer while programing, take a look at : Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience -- by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; It is really worth the read. You might find out that we are all really a bunch of flow addicts.
Why don't you guys do do like PBS? annoy the heck of us with fundraising talk until we cheap bastards pull out our pocket books!
Personally I have not subscribed to slashdot yet, but it will soon take some other already subscribed publication place (local paper)on my budget.
I been using Spam assassin for a while now, it is sad to say, but email would be almost unusable with out it.
There is a lot of development going on on various places right now. It is true that some of them are not ready for primetime, but the pace of development is brisk. For now some good leads.. Cinelerra (Good but not for the weak) http://sourceforge.net/projects/heroin For a description of it's features: http://www.lmahd.com/cinelerra.html Kino: (Nice and easy) http://kino.schirmacher.de/ Main Actor (If you got some doe to spend..) http://www.mainconcept.com/products/mainactorLinux .shtml
Command line tools (Real men need no GUI!)
Mjpeg Tools :
http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/
Transcode :
http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostre ich/transcode/
DVGrab : (get your video from your IEEE DV cam)
Avidemux : http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/
VCDImager : http://www.vcdimager.org/
Some guides:
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/July2002/article 254.shtml#254lfindex4
http://www.linuxmedialabs.com/Docs/LML33-NLE.html# SECTION00080000000000000000
Here again, the main beef with Cinelerra is the lack of a good Manual and the need for horsepower.. C'mon guys.. Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? The software itself is good and it actually does the job. Best thing to do is to spend the time, help out on the project by writing a decent manual. Regarding the CPU & RAM required, Big deal.. Use the money that you save using *FREE* software and upgrade your system! BTW here are links to a couple of manuals that people are already writing http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra/cinelerra.html
http://www.robfisher.net/video/cinelerra1.html
Cinelerra is a bit temperamental, but it does have a LOT of power.. IMHO I believe that with a good manual, most of the negative comments would fade away. PS. I do run it on a 2.4 gig cpu + 1 gig ram.. (RH 8.0 BTW)