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Subject: Re: [CinCV] Linux noob suggestions
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On Wed, 07 May 2008 17:24:19 +0200, Herman Robak <herman@skolelinux.no>  
wrote:

> On Tue, 06 May 2008 23:28:42 +0200, Jay Truesdale <cinejay@emrl.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> So after lurking here for a while, I've decided to take the plunge and  
>> go linux.  With the status of Ubuntu 8.04, I'd like to try and set up a
>> Cinelerra (and eventually Lumiera) edit system.  I have an aging XP   
>> Avid system at home and a FCP system at work.  The trouble I that I  
>> don't have a clue about linux.
>
>   Then I suggest you try it out with a Linux live CD (boot and run
> straight from a CD, without installing) before committing yourself.
> It may make you aware of specific problems that would be showstoppers
> for you.

  I might add that I did bring a live CD when I was about to purchase
my previous laptop.  A few months later I brought that laptop to the
photo/video store before I purchased my HDV camera.  I wanted to
verify that I could grab HDV video on Linux.

  I'll take testing before faith, any day.

-- 
Herman Robak

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