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Which Distro for Theatrical Use? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello community,

I am tired of windows slowing down my laptop, and I tought I'd give linux a chance. So I learn, that there are many linuxes, and I wonder if it really matters. which one to choose. Can all linux apps be run on all distributions? Is it just a matter of the 'app store' supporting them or not?

I am producing media art for theatre plays. So I have to rely on a stable system as well as the following tools:

Blender 3d
a DAW
Design Software (adobe alternatives)
Video Editing & compositing
Projection mapping (I fear, there is just mapmap under linux)
audio cuing (linux show player)
maybe also light show programming (artnet / dmx)

The machine would be a Gigabyte Aero 15x with a dedicated nvidia gfx card, and 8 gigs of ram.

What would you recommend me?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty much any distro will do, but Ubuntu-based ones tend to be easier to use due to having menus and buttons for most everything. As for apps, here are my suggestions

~3D~

Blender

~DAW~

Ardour

LMMS

Bitwig

~VIDEO EDITING~

Davinci Resolve (if on Nvidia)

Kdenlive

Olive (alpha software, be wary of crashes and save often)

~IMAGES~

GIMP

Krita

Photopea (web app)

Inkscape

Lights may be possible with OpenRGB but I haven't personally messed with these kinda of software

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also scribus can be extremely clunky if you need to make flyers inkscape may be easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've made 60 page brochures in Scribus on several occasions without real issues.

However you have to know a bit (not necessarily a lot, but at least understand what you're doing) of typography, and using styles is absolutely essential.

It's a quirky program but it works fine.