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SiathLinux
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[2005-04-02 01:28:52 +0000 UTC]
"GIMP Blender Debian Goodness..."
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 647; Deviations: 402; Watchers: 217
Watching: 458; Pageviews: 69836; Comments Made: 32004; Friends: 458
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Salvador Dali, H.R.GigerFavorite movies: BladeRunner
Favorite TV shows: Firefly
Favorite bands / musical artists: Tool, NIN, Sevendust, The Cranberries, Jewel, etc etc.
Favorite books: Tom Clancy - any of them.
Favorite writers: Edgar Allen Poe
Favorite games: HL Platinum Edition or Open Arena
Favorite gaming platform: Linux PC
Tools of the Trade: Fedora10, Blender2.49,YafRay,GIMP2.6.2
Other Interests: Computers, Art, Cars
# About me
Current Residence: FloridadeviantWEAR sizing preference: Large
Print preference: Canvass
Favourite genre of music: Rock
Favourite photographer: DeviantlyEnlightened
Favourite style of art: 3d
Operating System: Fedora 10 on AMD Duron 1.3Ghz w/ 768MB DDR
MP3 player of choice: XMMS
Shell of choice: KDE
Wallpaper of choice: changes weekly
Skin of choice: Plastik
Favourite cartoon character: Marvin the Martian
Personal Quote: (refering to Windows) WTF does that mean, oh where'd it go...NOOOOOOO!!
# Comments
Comments: 1195
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You have with your loved ones a Happy Birthday and many happy years and this year God fill you with blessings and happiness my friend. 
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You have with your loved ones a Happy Birthday and many happy years and this year God fill you with blessings and happiness my friend.
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Hi
hey, greetings from Openmandriva.org..
there is a possible, you are invited .
MandrivaSA in Paris give now the Mandrake/Mandriva-Linux back to the community and there for: we need good artworkers.
wiki.openmandriva.org -> mailinglist (p.s. take a look in the bottom of wiki)
come in to the mailinglist to the Artworker the old Mandrake-Linux ask
best regards
Blacky
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Does it matter that I don't use Mandriva anymore? I currently am on Debian 6.04 and probably going to install Ubuntu 12.xx in it's place soon.
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blog.openmandriva.org/de/feed/
blog.openmandriva.org/en/categβ¦
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- you're welcome_``~...
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Hey there! I'm back to DArt!!! hope you like my new improved ART after such long time!!
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Are you even active? I'd like to work with you again. I got the radio almost getting ready with still slow progress.
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-alright then - happy new year
-look at this - thanks =>
[link]
_``~...
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You wanted pictures of my shnazzy computer, yes?
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Yes, I did... peers off at the link....
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Found something you may be interested in:
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Interesting yes... useful not so much.
Video tutorials tend to have 3 issues - lack of keyboard notation (what key did he hit to do what), lack of good explanation (in this case I had no sound - though if I did it would probably be in a language I don't speak), fuzzy screen (low quality video of a high resolution screen).
I do actually understand the techniques that person used, I just am not good at them.
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Personally, I don't like video tutorials as they tend to move too fast for my workflow. I tend to spend more time rewinding and fast forwarding than it's worth.
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That's why I've been making all of my tutorials in 'image' format.
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It's the best way to make tutorials. Though I'd like to figure a way out how to make an interactive tutorial within the Blender interface.
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That would be interesting - maybe using the game engine? (I don't know much about that part of Blender - but it seems fairly capable.)
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Siath - Old English vague - Sayer - story teller, or one that shares with others
Linux - The Operating System created by Linus Torvolds, which I happen to use a variant of (Kubuntu 10 - with KDE 4.3x).
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Cool. What version of Linux do you use? I am thinking of going from Windows to Linux because I hear that Blender does better in a Linux environment.
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Kubuntu (basically Ubuntu - which is Debian based Linux with KDE desktop). I use the latest version.
To get Blender on it you'll have to add Blender's repository (as the version of Blender that Kubuntu includes is always older version). This will also give the nightly updates for Blender (all of the bug fixes will install every 24 hours - )
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Right now I'm running Windows XP. Where's a good place to start the conversion process to Linux?
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Two ways to start with Linux.
1. Dedicated computer (ie not your Windows computer) - Download Ubuntu or Kubuntu and burn it to a CD/DVD (depends on version you download), install that onto the dedicated computer - with internet connection, as it will update as soon as it's installed.
2. Dual boot - this is trickier, but I've been doing it for a long time. - First step is to clean up your Windows drive, and defrag the hard drive. Second step, install Ubuntu/Kubuntu using 1/2 of the drive (there is an option during install to resize the Windows partition and create the partitions needed for Linux), a note about this - Windows will NOT be able to see the Linux partitions, however Linux can read and write to the Windows drive).
Either way will get you started, one will allow you more freedom (the dedicated computer), while one will allow you to access all of your Windows files (and can use your Windows partition as storage - which would also allow access you to access those files from Windows).
On the Dual Boot method you will come to a screen which you must choose your operating system during boot up.
On the dedicated computer you will still have a similar screen though you don't need to choose as the latest version (from updates) will already be selected.
Any questions?
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I got my new 64-bit system. Is there a tutorial you know of that shows how to set up a dual boot system?
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There are a couple - depending on 'which' distribution you choose. (Win7)
Ubuntu/Kubuntu:
[link]
Fedora:
[link]
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Thanks for the tutorials. I'll go with Ubuntu and see how it works out. I guess Ubuntu has a version for a Windows install that sets the dual boot up for you.
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Most distros come this a bootloader - it's the bootloader that allows the dual boot - make sure you fully read / understand before you start - not a bad idea to back up EVERYTHING (to a removable media) that you want to keep from Windows - just in case).
That said - with the latest versions of Ubuntu the bootloader works really well, and the install tends to be very easy.
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Thank you. I'll be careful.
Do you ever go the the Blender Artists Forum?
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I did at one time (I may actually have a log/pass - but I don't remember them)... I read a lot on several Blender sites...
My nemesis in Blender is rigging - and after I finish a project I'm working on, I'm going to take the time to work out the how to on that one.
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When I tried rigging I had a problem with weight painting. I am wondering if there is a way to do it without the weight painting.
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Yeah that's where I always get lost... :lost: - oddly enough I think it's the only way to rig in Blender.
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Can't you select the individual vertices to go with the joint that you want?
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Seems like you should be able to - I'll be learning this whole rigging thing this coming week - I've even downloaded some pre-rigged characters to look at.
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