Open Source Software vs. Commercial Software:
Migration from Windows to Linux
An IT Professional's Testimonial
Kino and Cinelerra, the Video Capturing / Editing tools
(Adobe Premier replacement)
Kino
I did some research up front, and it looks like Kino is one of the best applications
used for doing video capturing in Linux. After using it, it definitely seems
so... it is a very thorough and straightforward program, and is very powerful
So, I installed it with the command: yum
install kino. Be sure to use yum to install, as Kino needs a whole list
of dependencies, and it would take quite a while to download them by hand and
install.
Also install the “lame” package from RPMFusion to get the MP3 compression
support with Kino.
Editing Kino export functions (each export option runs command-line programs
in the background):
- Scripts are located in /usr/share/kino/scripts/exports
- Additional customization: Modify the script that corresponds to what you
are looking for. Each script has a profile list, then the corresponding command
line entry for each respective profile just below.
Cinelerra
This program is rumored to be quite powerful and right in line with Adobe Premier.
I have not yet had the chance to test it out but I will post the results soon!
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Table of Contents |
- 1. Preface, People Are Habitual, A Little History
- 2. A Little Politics
- 2A. Open or Closed, Software
Editions, Market Usage
- 2B. Monopoly Game, Support Nightmares,
Competition, Piracy, Licensing, Activation, Developer Pool
- 2C. Web Browser Wars, Web Application
Wars
- 2D. Windows Failures, Windows
Jokes, Windows Problems, Behind Closed Doors, Windows Mutation to
Linux
- 3. Maintenance Headache of Windows
- 4. A Matter of Cost?
- 5. How About Standards?
- 6. Conclusion, Goodbye Microsoft
- 7. Migration Experiment
- System Settings / Tweaking
- Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and
Sunbird
- OpenOffice Office Suite (Microsoft
Office replacement), Dia (Microsoft Visio replacement), Gnome Planner
(Microsoft Project replacement)
- WINE (the Windows Emulator)
- Rsync (File Synchronization / Replication
Utility)
- CUPS PDF Writer (Adobe Acrobat
Writer replacement), PDFEdit (Adobe Acrobat Standard / Professional
replacement)
- FontMatrix, the X11 Window System
Font Manager (Adobe Type Manager, Font Navigator, Suitcase replacement)
- Kino and Cinelerra, the Video
Capturing / Editing tools (Adobe Premier replacement)
- Sun VirtualBox (VMWare Player,
VMWare Workstation, Microsoft VirtualPC replacement)
- Scribus (Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe InDesign
replacement)
- Gens (Sega Genesis Emulator)
- Miscellaneous Additional (Optional)
Settings / Software
- Nvidia Video Card 3D Support
- CDEmu (Mounting Virtual CDs, DVDs)
- Troubleshooting Tips
- 8. Additional Migration Considerations
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