Distro for Blender/Gimp/Maya graphics platform

absinthe1 · 08-21-2005, 01:50 AM

Evenin`

So I've been dual-booting Windows/Ubuntu for about 6 months now, and I'm ready to ditch Windows all together.

As such, I'd like to format and install a linux distro.

My day to day use is as follows:

I am an open source artist, I use programs such as Blender, Wings3d, the Gimp, and very soon I'm going to try and purchase Maya.

My question is, what Distro would be best for a situation like this.

I need a distro that is lightweight, and fast.

What windowmanager would you choose?

Thank you

aysiu · 08-21-2005, 01:55 AM

What was wrong with Ubuntu?
Lightweight? How about Ubuntu with XFCE?

absinthe1 · 08-21-2005, 02:02 AM

Well, Ubuntu Hoary has just been so sluggish in day to day use.

I'm just looking for a speedier distro.

aysiu · 08-21-2005, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by absinthe1
Well, Ubuntu Hoary has just been so sluggish in day to day use.

I'm just looking for a speedier distro.

Sluggish? Even with XFCE? What kind of RAM do you have? How big is your swap? It sounds as if you do some pretty graphics-intensive work. I don't know if changing the distro is going to help. My guess is either you try XFCE or IceWM, or you upgrade your RAM.

absinthe1 · 08-21-2005, 02:13 AM

I haven't tried Xfce. I'll give it a shot

I have 2 gigs of ram, it isn't my system. I guess Gnome is just sluggish

absinthe1 · 08-21-2005, 02:27 AM

Wow! Xfce zips!!

Thanks a lot, great suggestion

teebones · 08-31-2005, 09:40 AM

Remember for official Maya support you need one of the following distro's:

Maya 7 Linux support/requirements list