Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 21st Aug 2008 16:16 UTC, submitted by jcornuz
Graphics and photography have been Apple's chasse gardee for years but for quite some time, MS Windows is on par with the Mac and the system of choice for photographers boils down to personal preferences more than anything else. But what about Linux? "My goal with this entry is to brush a big picture of where Linux stands as far as photography is concerned," Joel Cornuz explains, "What are the achievements, where improvements are needed and being worked on, and which pieces are still missing."
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Don't fool yourself: most users are cheapskates, and that has nothing to do with whether they use linux or not.
Going with linux at home is not really about saving money, as most linux users probably have at least one or several windows licenses already.
Regarding buying software, there aren't that many titles worth their price compared to free alternatives from the repositories (talking about home users here), and I'd say most users would rather give blender a try than pirating maya (much unlike the windows pals, IMO).
Software that really adds some value over what's available for free does get used and paid for, but most of it is expensive profesional software (smoke, houdini, maya...).