What would be the best for an artist
Hello!
I have an artist friend who is currently thinking of trying Linux. Obviously he is going to want a version that will meet his particular needs. Controlling high end printers and scanners, picture editing and archiving, possibly media work (although this is by no means certain).
I intend to custom build the box myself (I build much better than I type) so I can concentrate on the things that I think a system for hiim would require such as high end graphics etc etc.
Any recommendations for a particular distro would be welcome.
tj
general suggestion request
Wow, most forums say "research first and this ask questions if you're really stuck" This thread just lets ask questions with all our newbie gusto- thank you. Okay, first to answer the questions from the main post:
-What apps do you use most?
winamp (moving to amarok)
MS Money (gnucash? looks a little rough)
Firefox
Google's Picasa w/digital camera (haven't tried with linux)
-Do you have a broadband connection?
yes
-How familiar are you with computers?
very comfortable with Windows and MS apps, but no programming skill
-How familiar are you with Linux?
1 month of playing/reading
-How much time are you willing to invest into learning Linux?
4 to 8 hrs per week (I play with it after work a couple times/wk)
-How powerful is your computer?
Not sure... it's a franken-puter that was given to me.
6GB HD from around the year 2000
1200 MHz Intel Celeron (i think)
512 RAM (i think)
newish 120GB external HD for music, pic, files
This is for my home where we have another desktop and a laptop (windows XP machines). My first successful live CD was Damn Small Linux. Next installed Xubuntu. I'm having trouble installing apps and plugins that I can't find in the package manager, so I need to do more research & possibly find an OS more newbie friendly (guess I'm going to try Mephis suggested in other posts)
Are there any distro's that are Window's network friendly? We've got Window's shared folders on a different computer that I'd like to access. I tried to download and read up on Samba, but it made me a bit dizzy. I'm all for putting in the time and effort, but if there's an easy answer please let me know.
Any other suggestions/comments would be appreciated.