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Yo linux team, i would love some advice.

I’m pretty mad at windows, 11 keeps getting worse and worse and I pretty done with Bill’s fetishes about bing and ai. Who knows where’s cortana right now…

Anyway, I heard about this new company called Linux and I’m open to try new stuff. I’m a simple guy and just need some basic stuff:

  • graphic stuff: affinity, canva, corel, gimp etc.. (no adobe anymore, please don’t ask.)
  • 3d modelling and render: blender, rhino, cinema, keyshot
  • video editing: davinci
  • some little coding in Dart/flutter (i use VS code, I don’t know if this is good or bad)
  • a working file explorer (can’t believe i have to say this)
  • NO FUCKIN ADS
  • NO MF STUPID ASS DISGUSTING ADVERTISING

The tricky part is the laptop, a zenbook duo pro (i9-10/rtx2060), with double touch screens.

I tried ubuntu several years ago but since it wasn’t ready for my use i never went into different distros and their differences. Now unfortunately, ready or not, I need to switch.

Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.

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[–] sofiajams@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing this information! I appreciate the detailed explanation and the effort you put into making it clear. It’s really helpful and will definitely guide me in making an informed decision. If you have more tips qr コード 読み取り pc or insights, feel free to share them. Thanks again!

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Nobara has a lot of fixes in it that are made for video editing and graphics, particularly davinci and blender. It's quite cutting edge on it's packages (despite being based on Fedora 39 it has Plasma 6 for last few weeks). but otherwise quite stable to use. All non-free package repos are enabled. Overall, it's been a low-maintenance, high productivity environment for me.

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

If you have NVidia, I'd recommend Pop_OS!. The Nvidia controls in there for Optimus are the best that System76 has written.

[–] dallen@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

Sadly, still dual boot for rhino, in a VM I’m just not getting enough performance out of my aging pc.

A Linux version would be a dream come true.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm only a Linux command-line guy (Mac for GUI), but you're making the right decision. You can have a computer that doesn't suck and this is one of the ways. Good luck!

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[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Pick this guide from a 20 year Windows user. Ubuntu GNOME. Interact as less as you need with Linux "community", it gives tension, headache and stress. You will not regret it.

https://lemmy.ml/post/511377

Unfortunately Corel, Affinity etc will be a problem, keep Windows aside for that on a secondary SSD. Use Windows with Ameliorated Project, it will make Windows saner to use.

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

You sound like a dick, and “Bill” is not involved anymore. That’s like yelling at Steve Jobs.

Regardless, I just switched a dozen people in my company to KDE Neon with no issues. Full hardware support. They’re all using Thinkpad, mostly the T16

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