On Wednesday 25 April 2007 13:32, Jarlath wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:06:16 +0200
Claus Cyrny <claus.cyrny@...22...> wrote:
Jarlath wrote:
This is way offtopic, but I'm learning Gimp and Inkscape and planned on buying a desktop PC soon and then trying to get some work in graphic design - maybe in a printing company for starters.
However, during this learning phase, I've noticed that my 750Mhz / 512MB Ram laptop is doing quite well under Ubuntu.
Do any of you think it would be as practical to work on a laptop exclusively?
I am working under Ubuntu as well, and I think that merely for a start this should be ok, but if you are working with larger images and particularly with filters, I would recommend getting a faster CPU (and additional RAM couldn't hurt, as well! ;-) Running some of the Gimp's filters can become time-consuming under your system. I don't know, though, inhowfar you are able to upgrade your CPU. Otherwise, in the long run I would recommend getting a faster (desktop) PC, maybe (if you can afford it) with at least 2 GHz. I do have no idea, though, about the performance of dual-core processors under Ubuntu (which is just great otherwise).
Btw, when you are thinking about working for print, color management & 16-bit support are important. The Gimp doesn't support this, yet, but I've heard that Krita (requires KDE) is good for those purposes. Krita is part of the KOffice suite.
HTH,
Claus
Another good Open Source product, more along the lines of Quark, is Scribus. It also does ICC profiles etc. But you can do a whole book in it if need be.
Thanks guys. That's all great information. I have saved a bit for when I do need a computer so I think I'll keep using the laptop until it's no longer practical and get myself a 2.x Ghz dual core. I have the 19" monitor allready, just need a system to connect to it.
Thanks again, Jarlath
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