i have a dual 2000/linux system. when it was built, i put in an ATI X1800 graphics board ('all-in-wonder' it also acted as a tv/radio turner and captured sound/vsual from my camcorder and recordplayer i was slowly digitalising some turn of the century records from) It worked w both my win and linux os's.
Well the card broke (the input specifically broke, so I can still use it for other stuff at least in the meantime). ATI said they'd repair it if I pay shipping/insurance and then wait 2 or possibly more weeks to get it back during which I can't do anything with this computer. OR, because of the extended warranty with the computer store, I can return it and get a store gift certificate for the original price (when it was new on the market, $430). I thought that would be best since It takes a few minutes to install the thing myself as opposed to 2+ weeks waiting for it to be refurbished by mail. Problem is, they no longer carry the all-in-wonder models, so I would have to buy 2 cards- one graphics card and one turner/input card. The sales person said this works in my favour because I can upgrade the graphics board and still have left over for the turner. Unfortunatly, all the upgrade models they had in the store require WinXP/Vista. I hate windows so much and use 2000 grudingly only for certain software, I've gradually been using linux more and more, and suspect eventually as 2000 becames obsolete that I'll be using only linux eventually. Further, the turners/input boards they showed me, likewise required XP/Vista, and the one they had that worked with 2000, had really poor quality.
Im not familiar with video much in linux; I have an old video editing program for win98 before 2000 was out, but it works on 2000 and I never found another inexpensive program that worked as well (its a very very old ULead one, but before it was dumbed down for the average windows where you can control of pretty much everything and it felt more like film editing than video editing; I also use Adobe Premier and Flash). I'm more interested in video and multimedia, not gaming, if thats not obvious.
What similar editing programs exist for linux; how do they compare?
What kind of graphics board, turner boards would you get that would be 2000/linux compatible? OR am I going to be stuck having to stick with a dual oot system and upgrading windows for decent video work?
I've a Intel D975XBX Bad Axe mobo, 8 gb ddr2 and and dualcore 3.2 processor, so I think the only thing holding me back is not upgrading windows.
What would you do?
Well the card broke (the input specifically broke, so I can still use it for other stuff at least in the meantime). ATI said they'd repair it if I pay shipping/insurance and then wait 2 or possibly more weeks to get it back during which I can't do anything with this computer. OR, because of the extended warranty with the computer store, I can return it and get a store gift certificate for the original price (when it was new on the market, $430). I thought that would be best since It takes a few minutes to install the thing myself as opposed to 2+ weeks waiting for it to be refurbished by mail. Problem is, they no longer carry the all-in-wonder models, so I would have to buy 2 cards- one graphics card and one turner/input card. The sales person said this works in my favour because I can upgrade the graphics board and still have left over for the turner. Unfortunatly, all the upgrade models they had in the store require WinXP/Vista. I hate windows so much and use 2000 grudingly only for certain software, I've gradually been using linux more and more, and suspect eventually as 2000 becames obsolete that I'll be using only linux eventually. Further, the turners/input boards they showed me, likewise required XP/Vista, and the one they had that worked with 2000, had really poor quality.
Im not familiar with video much in linux; I have an old video editing program for win98 before 2000 was out, but it works on 2000 and I never found another inexpensive program that worked as well (its a very very old ULead one, but before it was dumbed down for the average windows where you can control of pretty much everything and it felt more like film editing than video editing; I also use Adobe Premier and Flash). I'm more interested in video and multimedia, not gaming, if thats not obvious.
What similar editing programs exist for linux; how do they compare?
What kind of graphics board, turner boards would you get that would be 2000/linux compatible? OR am I going to be stuck having to stick with a dual oot system and upgrading windows for decent video work?
I've a Intel D975XBX Bad Axe mobo, 8 gb ddr2 and and dualcore 3.2 processor, so I think the only thing holding me back is not upgrading windows.
What would you do?
