CG using linux

x86

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salam everyone, is there any of the users use linux for computer graphics work? if the answer is yes, could you please shed some light here, i'm on the transition to fully abandon windows and shift to linux, and i wanted to know which distro best fit a graphics designer, although they all use the same kernel , is there any difference at all? eg. optimazation, thanks in advance
 
x86 said:
salam everyone, is there any of the users use linux for computer graphics work? if the answer is yes, could you please shed some light here, i'm on the transition to fully abandon windows and shift to linux, and i wanted to know which distro best fit a graphics designer, although they all use the same kernel , is there any difference at all? eg. optimazation, thanks in advance

They are all the same when it comes to graphics. The only program that is even close to photoshop on windows is Gimp. Now not sure if this works or not, but I think you can use photoshop with Wine. That I haven't tested yet.
The best and easiest distro in my opinion is Ubunto. It has a lot of different variants available.
 

x86

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alright then, i prolly go with Debian , since both of the distros you mention derive from it.
 
x86 said:
so there is no optimization difference between distro?

The only difference between them all is the feel and look. Some are more user friendly then the others. Some have nicer graphical interface then others. It all depends on your knowledge of linux though.
As Yozora said, Ubunto and Mint are the most common ones right now as they are easy to use and set up. They are geared to both new and advanced users. Some are also blank states so to speak and some come preloaded with a lot software that most users would install and use.
 
x86 said:
what is your favourite distro stroke? and why

I use backtracks for the security audit tools. Also use it as a live and don't have to install it on my HD. I carry it around on my USB drive all the time. I can also use it on my phone.
 

x86

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backtracks :yessir: , so you're a security researcher, could you suggest a AV/Firewall for android device?
 
x86 said:
backtracks :yessir: , so you're a security researcher, could you suggest a AV/Firewall for android device?

Ya, don't install one as non of them work. Its all smoke and mirrors, just like the ones on your computers.
 

x86

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are you saying its all of em are bollocks? or are these programs hasn't mature as desktop AVs/FWs? i'm confuse now
 
x86 said:
are you saying its all of em are bollocks? or are these programs hasn't mature as desktop AVs/FWs? i'm confuse now

They are bollocks. Smoke and mirrors as they would say. If you don't believe me, I have an infected file right now that none of the AV's on a mobile can detect. It was also written 4 years ago. Its not really harmful, it just steals your contacts, text messages and photos. So, if they can't detect that, then what else are they allowing to bypass? There is a similar app that steals all you whatsapp stuff. Again, none of them can detect that. In everyone books, these are low end, none threaten trojans, but if they aren't detected by AV's, then what else are they allowing on your phone.

Of course you have to get the user to click and install these apps. So if they are declared safe, users will most likely install them without suspecting anything till its too late
 

x86

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fair point, what about firewall? is there an app there that control app permission, like you can modify the grant access to a certain app, for example i download facebook messenger and it access my camera/microphone/location etc, but i merely want to use facebook app for messaging, i wanna modify the present permission it has in my device and remove the access to my camera/microphone/location cause i won't be using it to share my location or send audible message or take photo from the app.
 

Yozora

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An app called SuperSU can control app permissions, but it only works on rooted phones. Mobiwol is a good firewall app, for just controlling which apps have access to the internet. (my monthly cell phone data usage went way down after I started blocking apps' internet access, and only unblocking as needed)
 

x86

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SuperSU (free) only grant or denied an app for root access as far as my using experience goes, the suitable app i search is one can modify certain to access what on my phone (eg, camera/phone/gps coordinate) , and that's the main factor i rooted my android device
 

ogah

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strokerace said:
The only difference between them all is the feel and look. Some are more user friendly then the others.
do you mean x desktop? no difference. thats only default desktop. if your distro have gnome desktop and you think kde more user friendly, you can install kde in to your distro.
the difference between some distro only the package, some distro use rpm , other use deb, other use tgz.
and a little difference in command line like yum and apt.

package from one distro also capable to install in other distro by manual unpack the package & lib that needed, but it can break your dependency.


x86 said:
SuperSU (free) only grant or denied an app for root access as far as my using experience goes, the suitable app i search is one can modify certain to access what on my phone (eg, camera/phone/gps coordinate) , and that's the main factor i rooted my android device
you can use AVG, they have app locker. you can lock some apps in your android. so if you open that apps or other app want access that apps will asked the password
 

x86

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ogah said:
strokerace said:
The only difference between them all is the feel and look. Some are more user friendly then the others.
do you mean x desktop? no difference. thats only default desktop. if your distro have gnome desktop and you think kde more user friendly, you can install kde in to your distro.
the difference between some distro only the package, some distro use rpm , other use deb, other use tgz.
and a little difference in command line like yum and apt.

package from one distro also capable to install in other distro by manual unpack the package & lib that needed, but it can break your dependency.


x86 said:
SuperSU (free) only grant or denied an app for root access as far as my using experience goes, the suitable app i search is one can modify certain to access what on my phone (eg, camera/phone/gps coordinate) , and that's the main factor i rooted my android device
you can use AVG, they have app locker. you can lock some apps in your android. so if you open that apps or other app want access that apps will asked the password



thanks for the idea, i wonder if there another lightweight AV out there which has similar function