Jamedia
People just want to be more free. It's not really hard to understand. And people don't want others to tell them, No, I don't want you to have more choice. What? - Especially when it doesn't affect them.
More choices = more freedom. Less monopolies = more freedom.
More ways to use Davinci Resolve on more computers = more freedom.
I bricked dozens and dozens of my Windows installs over the past 30 years; I had viruses; I had dying disks, etc. What's the point? Yes, you can kill any OS or computer.
It doesn't make sense to come here and argue about points that are irrelevant to the feature request. Which is:
Make Davinci Resolve easier to install and use on ALL Linux distros. - This is a very positive feature request.
I personally want to be able to switch to Linux fully one day. And for that to happen, I'm supporting these open-source projects and their principles, even if I don't use them for everything.
I want them to exist and be mature, so when someone changes their mind down the line, alternatives exist. Having a way to use Davinci Resolve on all Linux distributions, like we would on all Windows machines, would do just that.
You just want to be right on a random forum online instead of helping others with things that could help them in their lives. It's not cool.
BlackMagic Design is supporting Linux. This simple fact should stop you right there. Because if we follow your logic, they should just stop developing for Linux. I'm pretty sure their software engineers know what they are doing. And people on Linux are happy to be able to use Resolve "natively".
"Linux is not secure, so people shouldn't use Linux." Then how do you make something better and more secure if you don't' want people to use it. With fewer people involved:?
I didn't want to derail this thread more, but I can't sit there and just read people arguing in bad faith. Because, at the end of the day, it's not just about a piece of software. It's about the concepts of liberty and choice.
2024, Canva bought Serif with their Affinity suit...the only real alternative bought by a renting company. Horrible news.There is a reason I never go against feature requests here. Because it's not about me. If it doesn't break something important to me, if I don't see it as something illogical, I don't care what's added to Resolve.
There are many features implemented over the years that I didn't care about, as requested by users here. And I used some of them today. I'm glad they exist.
That's the mindset people should have in this part of the forum.
- The feature request is breaking something fundamental and won't help the majority? : We can debate using facts and logic.
- The feature request removes something and/or takes an illogical path: We can debate, be against it and present logical reasons for that.
- The feature request, if implemented, will have no impact on someone's life; it will not change the way of using Davinci Resolve but would be very useful to someone? : We shouldn't dwell on it, and let BMD decide to add it on their list of future features.