[PLUG] Memory configuration question

[John Meissen]

kingbeowulf at gmail.com said:
> Fair enough. Since you posted on PLUG I had just assumed it was Linux related.
>  Extra memory never hurts, with the right OS. If you got the cash, just go
> ahead and fill up all the DIMM slots.  Sell, or donate the old sticks.  Post
> back if you still have memory issues due to your fancy expensive app swapping
> to hard drive.

<sigh> no need to be insulted, or insulting.

I don't got the cash, or I wouldn't have been asking the questions in the first 
place. And I didn't say it was a fancy app, I said it was mature. 

> I will have to disagree on you linux video tool assessment. For example,

> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexcoxfilms/alex-cox-directs-bill-the-galactic-hero/posts/451732

Yeah, and the original Babylon-5 video was produced on an Amiga. So? I notice 
the OpenShot people agree with me...

  "In 2008...I realized immediately the lack of a video editor."

I wish them all the best. We can use some successful Linux software.

There's a lot of promising Open Source software that lasts as long as the 
initial author stays interested. My drives are full of nice sounding 
abandonware that had real potential. And some really nice commercial Windows 
and Mac stuff, too, that didn't have a mature company behind it and didn't 
survive. And now I'm stuck maintaining legacy systems because I have data tied 
up in it.

And trust me, none of the Linux-based tools had decent support (if any) for 
AVCHD back when I needed it. I notice Kdenlive still isn't at version 1.0 yet. 
:-P

Cinelerra is probably the best Linux-based video editing system. I looked at 
it. It was a long time ago, I don't remember why I decided against it, but I 
had my reasons.

I know you don't believe me when I say I researched it, but I did. I just don't 
let the fact that Linux is my system of choice prevent me from using something 
else if I happen to think its the more appropriate tool.

If I was starting over today I might come to a different conclusion. But that 
was then, and now I'm vested in that software and I'm not unhappy with it.

> Given my budget, and inclination since 1994, call me a GNU/Linux fan boy.
> I've been building and fiddling with these things for 30+ years; Vax, Unix, 
< CP/M, every flavor of DOS, DRDOS, FreeDOS, Win3.x, 95, 85, ME, 2K, Xp vista,
> 7....   and I just don't have the energy for Microsoft shenanigans anymore. 

Well, don't get too smug - I have about 10 more years and a few more systems
on you. And in my case I just don't have the energy to always fiddle anymore.

Anyway, this was intended to be an OS-agnostic question about hardware. I'm 
sorry it's degenerated into "Linux is better than Windows." I never should have 
mentioned that this particular box wasn't running Linux.

I appreciate the constructive hardware-related comments.

Regards,

john-