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Personally, I use it as much as I can everywhere. We use it on our servers, as the previous post noted it works well and really performs. We're up to 240 days without a reboot on one of our servers, and the others have only required rebooting for hardware upgrades.
I also use it on my desktop for CG (the same program, Blender, running under Linux and Windows; a scene with fairly complex lighting took 3 minutes/frame to render in Windows; took 35 seconds in Linux, and yes that was in X, so there was GUI overhead) and animation. As well, I use it for web design (I fix client sites if the real web designer is busy), web surfing, and network trouble-shooting.
Finally, I use it on my laptop. It burns CD's more reliably than most (but not all) software I have tried in Windows. Most importantly, for me, I can do more with less. I use my laptop (PIII700) for a mobile webcasting platform. Under Windows it can encode 2-4 seperate audio streams live, depending on quality, configuration, and software. Under Linux, I can do 8 with the same hardware. Yah, a bit of a steeper learning curve, but I'm willing to spend a bit of time on it.
I still keep Windows around for games, and for recording audio in the studio (the best software for that is still only available for Windows), but we're using Linux more and more for many things. It's a very versatile OS. That said though, I think it's not for everything, use the right tool for the right job. Sometimes that's something other than Linux.
Doug
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Mail server (smtp/pop)
antivirus and mail cleaner
dns server
file sharing and backup
web and database server
corporate and B2B application
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Ya basically it's just not as easy to learn
but if you do you won't look back you realize
how much smoother it runs then windows.
To Doug, what program do you use for
recording? protools? thats what I use in the
studio and it rus MUCH better on macs (I hate
to admit that!)
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Vi Guy
Actually, we're running Cubase VST. I've worked a bit with Protools, but found even on Macs (at least the ones at the studios I've worked at) things would lock up just as often as with PC's. And of course, there's alot more cost involved with buying Protools hardware. With Cubase, once you find the right hardware (I'll be the first to admit Protools has it over Cubase, making/licensing their own hardware; you know it will work), it's rock solid, as stable as Windows gets (last session we did we went for eleven hours straight, 3 days in a row without a single lockup or reboot being required), and much cheaper. I would like to get a Protools setup somewhere down the road, but need to work a bit more first to save my pennies. So, you're not a fan of Protools on the PC? I have never used it on PC's myself. Is it more unstable? Or are there features missing in the PC version? What is it that you like better about the Mac version? And no need to hate to admit you like it better on the Mac, we've got one Mac here too(but ONLY one[grin]). The right tool for the right job, as me wise old father used to say.
On a slightly different tangent, do you know of/use any sound tools in Linux?
Doug
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What do I use Linux for?
Discovery mostly.
Rediscovering the wonders of a text based system, especially when the text is running on another computer. Telnet rules because I'm too lazy to install ssh.
Rediscovering the raw power of a 486.
Building web sites, CGI programming, database programming.
Writing CDs, listening to mp3s.
Generally believing the world just got laid at my feet and I can do anything.
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