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Originally Posted by buk5d
Can somebody please tell me a little about UNIX OS. For instance, is it ideal for digital media or how easy is it to get help and support?
Hi !
I have some kind of experience on FreeBSD and Linux and I can say that on both you can find a lot of support, especialy on FreeBSD. The FreeBSD handbook is one of the best handbooks I've ever met. It has over 900 pages with only basic informaion on... everything. Also, you can find a lot of other handbooks (porters, developers, etc.).
Anyway, on other unixes I don't know... but I don't think is so difficult and, anyway, at least on the basics (which I gues you are interested in) you can learn from any unix distribution you want. The basics are alike on all unixes...
On digital media, I don't know what to say... I use sometimes GIMP and for what I need (working on some images for web sites) it is ok. I also use scribus when i'm helping one friend of mine putting up his news-paper and I'm satisfied on what I can do with it. But on professional media I never used UNIX. Anyway, I heared that a lot of effects on Matrix (the movie) were made under FreeBSD so it should be good on professional things too...
I hope this helped you a little bit...
Bye !