Terence wrote:Anyhow, it would be good if bed would just run a repository and 3 lines later, one could have it with the apt tool. Some people did this with the nvidia drivers for u ubuntu and I was able to get them installed in seconds flat. The main advantage being the ability to update without breaking things.
in fact we could repack resolve easily by a CI solution like GitLab and publish debian/ubunto/mint packages in a privat/community maintained repository via GitLab pages. technically it's easy, but there are two important hindrances:
* it's very questionable, if this kind of repacking/redistribution is permitted by BMDs EULA
* right now it's very hard to download the official releases by automated processes resp. CI mechanisms
Terence wrote:Thinking that I needed to run the nvidia shel installer every time the kernel got updated was a real bummer and one of the reasons I quit Linux last time.
that's a kind of issue, most new linux users have to relearn. you never should blindly install this kind of software using the manufactures scripts!
i can only speak for debian, but in this particular case it's really trivial and easy to install and automatically update the proprietary nvidia drivers in already prepared packages provided by the distribution maintainers. that's a much more comfortable and compatible strategy to keep them up to date and compatible to all applications, libraries and kernel updates on your machine than any other alternative approach.
Terence wrote:But now I've had enough of windows slow downs and malware. Boot up and login with windows 7 takes almost 10mins. I untalled ubuntu studio and it now takes 8 seconds from the bios screen. It's hilarious it's so fast. My laptop running windows 10 is also about 10 mins. So over it. I want productivity and speed.
yes -- i agree and in definitely prefer linux much more for my daily work cause of this reasons, but you also should be aware of the fact, that resolve for linux is still missing some important features and codec support, which are available on the other platforms. in contrast to this editions for mac and windows resolve for linux is also NOT reasonable usable without additional blackmagic hardware, because you will not get any system sound output till now.
that's why i'm still using resolve in virtual windows machines on a linux host up to now...