I'm building a new workstation for a short animation project and was looking at OS options. Running mainly Maya, Nuke and yet-to-be-determined render engine - really want a GPU renderer, and I understand that drivers are a huge speed issue.
I've had enough of Mac, so probably choosing between Win7 or a good Linux distro. Is there a big downside to using Linux?
Can be pretty much bare bones - not looking for anything other than animation, rendering and compositing. Will probably model/texture on another machine. Speed & stability are the biggest priorities - the scope of this project is huge.
Would love to hear advice, opinions, experience w/ this.
Thanx in advance!
I've had enough of Mac, so probably choosing between Win7 or a good Linux distro. Is there a big downside to using Linux?
Can be pretty much bare bones - not looking for anything other than animation, rendering and compositing. Will probably model/texture on another machine. Speed & stability are the biggest priorities - the scope of this project is huge.
Would love to hear advice, opinions, experience w/ this.
Thanx in advance!