Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
I've been using linux for a few years now, (since 2007 I think?) and recently I've built and maintain a server for our small company. Still consider myself a rookie but am trying to learn as much as I can during my spare time! Look forward to reading you all / meeting some of you at a local pub some day.
Cheers,
John
-- John Cohen
On 22 May 2015 at 16:30, John Cohen johnmcohen@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
Welcome, John! They're a friendly bunch around here and although I've not met many of them they seem like a decent lot!
(Usually someone would have said hello by now so I'm not sure why they're all being quiet - but I'm sure its nothing personal!)
I'm curious, does any of your sound work involve Linux?
On 22/05/15 16:30, John Cohen wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
Return of Hi. Runningg on battery, so, see you later.
On Fri, 22 May 2015 16:30:38 +0100 John Cohen johnmcohen@gmail.com allegedly wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
I've been using linux for a few years now, (since 2007 I think?) and recently I've built and maintain a server for our small company. Still consider myself a rookie but am trying to learn as much as I can during my spare time! Look forward to reading you all / meeting some of you at a local pub some day.
Hi John
Nice to hear from you. The natives are (largely) friendly. Certainly I've always found the guys here to be open and helpful. Just don't mention the MS word.....
(Atually, that's not necessarily true now. So long as there is some valid reason to raise a question - such as "how do I get this stupid proprietary system to do what I want with my linux installation" you'll be fine. :-)
Cheers
Mick
(Oh, and the list archives are a goldmine)
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On 26/05/15 20:29, mick wrote:
On Fri, 22 May 2015 16:30:38 +0100 John Cohen johnmcohen@gmail.com allegedly wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
I've been using linux for a few years now, (since 2007 I think?) and recently I've built and maintain a server for our small company. Still consider myself a rookie but am trying to learn as much as I can during my spare time! Look forward to reading you all / meeting some of you at a local pub some day.
Hi John
Nice to hear from you. The natives are (largely) friendly. Certainly I've always found the guys here to be open and helpful. Just don't mention the MS word.....
(Atually, that's not necessarily true now. So long as there is some valid reason to raise a question - such as "how do I get this stupid proprietary system to do what I want with my linux installation" you'll be fine. :-)
Cheers
Mick
(Oh, and the list archives are a goldmine)
<dips toe in water>
Just bought a rather nice secondhand notebook with Windows 7 Pro on it, but no CD as it is one of a corporate batch.
I was going to reformat the drive, but - comparatively speaking, of course - what's 7 Pro like?
Should I hive it off into a separate partition, or put my street-legal XP Pro into Virtual Box? I only want it to run Irfanview...
Personal opinion of W7 is that it is bloated resource hog. Basic install consumes around 20gb. Is there not a linux alternative to Irfanview you could use? I use Shotwell to download and catalogue captures, Luminance HDR to process RAW HDR's, Gimp and Darktable to tweak and refine. Fotoxx could be an alternative to try.
On 27/05/15 12:20, Anthony Anson wrote:
<dips toe in water>
Just bought a rather nice secondhand notebook with Windows 7 Pro on it, but no CD as it is one of a corporate batch.
I was going to reformat the drive, but - comparatively speaking, of course - what's 7 Pro like?
Should I hive it off into a separate partition, or put my street-legal XP Pro into Virtual Box? I only want it to run Irfanview...
On 27/05/15 12:51, Tony wrote:
Personal opinion of W7 is that it is bloated resource hog.
Well, that's a 'given', but it's there, and there's loads and loads of room on the HDD. I do have an XP CD and XP Crack, but have never used either.
Basic install consumes around 20gb. Is there not a linux alternative to Irfanview you could use?
Don't think so, but haven't looked for ages.
I use Shotwell to download and catalogue captures, Luminance HDR to process RAW HDR's, Gimp and Darktable to tweak and refine. Fotoxx could be an alternative to try.
I've been using The Gimp, but for basic manipulation of graphics I haven't found anything to beat Irfanview.
On 27 May 2015 at 13:18, Anthony Anson tony.anson@girolle.co.uk wrote:
I've been using The Gimp, but for basic manipulation of graphics I haven't found anything to beat Irfanview.
I've just installed irfanview in Wine (using winetricks) and it looks like it might work - you'd need to test it yourself though. I found it needed 32-bit and I had to rename the installler to match the version that winetricks wanted, but aside from that it was OK:
# Download latest installer first ln -s ~/Downloads/iview438_setup.exe ~/.cache/winetricks/irfanview/iview433_setup.exe WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 WINEARCH=win32 winetricks irfanview
On 27/05/15 15:03, Mark Rogers wrote:
On 27 May 2015 at 13:18, Anthony Anson tony.anson@girolle.co.uk wrote:
I've been using The Gimp, but for basic manipulation of graphics I haven't found anything to beat Irfanview.
I've just installed irfanview in Wine (using winetricks) and it looks like it might work - you'd need to test it yourself though. I found it needed 32-bit and I had to rename the installler to match the version that winetricks wanted, but aside from that it was OK:
# Download latest installer first ln -s ~/Downloads/iview438_setup.exe ~/.cache/winetricks/irfanview/iview433_setup.exe WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 WINEARCH=win32 winetricks irfanview
Ta. Will give that my attention. Will have to install 32-bit on a USB rememberance thingy though.
OTOH, there's enough room to install it on the HDD - decisions-decisions.
On 22/05/15 16:30, John Cohen wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
I've been using linux for a few years now, (since 2007 I think?) and recently I've built and maintain a server for our small company. Still consider myself a rookie but am trying to learn as much as I can during my spare time! Look forward to reading you all / meeting some of you at a local pub some day.
Regular pub meets are on the 2nd Thursday for Norwich. There should be a reminder posted to the group nearer the time. Hope to see you there.
Nev
On 27/05/15 07:46, Nev Young wrote:
On 22/05/15 16:30, John Cohen wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a sound designer living and working in Norwich and London (I mainly do sound-post production for films/commercials)
I've been using linux for a few years now, (since 2007 I think?) and recently I've built and maintain a server for our small company. Still consider myself a rookie but am trying to learn as much as I can during my spare time! Look forward to reading you all / meeting some of you at a local pub some day.
Regular pub meets are on the 2nd Thursday for Norwich. There should be a reminder posted to the group nearer the time. Hope to see you there.
Seconded.
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