Full disclosure, I'm really not a power Linux user. Most of what I do on my Linux boxes is pretty mundane stuff. Yeah I've done a touch of Cron setup and a few other minor shell script commands in the bashrc. But not much beyond that.
However when I made the switch from Windows there were three areas that were tough to adapt to:
However when I made the switch from Windows there were three areas that were tough to adapt to:
Graphics
I had to ditch Photoshop and learn Gimp and Inkscape. Photoshop and Bryce were the two apps that really got me stoked on computers. That's when my 'art' went from pencils to pixels. So it was a shock initially, especially given that at that time there was no single window Gimp. But I've never looked back, even when work-supplied fresh versions of Photoshop were available.
I had to ditch Photoshop and learn Gimp and Inkscape. Photoshop and Bryce were the two apps that really got me stoked on computers. That's when my 'art' went from pencils to pixels. So it was a shock initially, especially given that at that time there was no single window Gimp. But I've never looked back, even when work-supplied fresh versions of Photoshop were available.
Music
This was even tougher than graphics. I wanted to use native apps but VSTs were the problem, and immediately weeded out 90% of the offerings (Thanks, Steinberg. We'll have that discussion later). For a time I settled for trackers via Wine. But wanted to have better tools. So I ended up giving up on Linux and buying an expensive DAW and running Dohs. That was a HUGE waste of money. I later bought Reaper for a fraction of the cost, and never looked back. Now I'm back on Linux and running Reaper via Wine and it works flawlessly.
This was even tougher than graphics. I wanted to use native apps but VSTs were the problem, and immediately weeded out 90% of the offerings (Thanks, Steinberg. We'll have that discussion later). For a time I settled for trackers via Wine. But wanted to have better tools. So I ended up giving up on Linux and buying an expensive DAW and running Dohs. That was a HUGE waste of money. I later bought Reaper for a fraction of the cost, and never looked back. Now I'm back on Linux and running Reaper via Wine and it works flawlessly.
Now to my point...
I am part of a band of ragtag aspiring game developers. Our chosen project is a Unity3D driven FPS. I've tinkered with Unity a little but nothing more that tutorial initial set ups etc. Unity doesn't port to Linux officially. They have Windows and Mac ports... Aaand a non-official Linux port. This port can be tricky to find, it's kept in a forum post. For the longest time all I could find was an outdated .deb for it. But the other day I found a very fresh port. This one installs and runs brilliantly. - I haven't yet been able to get the standard assets to show up, but it runs, that's a start.
I am part of a band of ragtag aspiring game developers. Our chosen project is a Unity3D driven FPS. I've tinkered with Unity a little but nothing more that tutorial initial set ups etc. Unity doesn't port to Linux officially. They have Windows and Mac ports... Aaand a non-official Linux port. This port can be tricky to find, it's kept in a forum post. For the longest time all I could find was an outdated .deb for it. But the other day I found a very fresh port. This one installs and runs brilliantly. - I haven't yet been able to get the standard assets to show up, but it runs, that's a start.
Unity3D on nix... you can TOTALLY do it Linux!
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