Having Trouble with Protools and Linux. 1071

It appears the very basic nature of some of the buttumptions you may have made have led others to question the sincerity of your inquiry.

buttuming you're authentic, it's already been pointed out that Windows programs only run own Windows. Likewise, Mac programs run on Mac and Linux programs run on Linux. Some programs are cross-platform but that means different code for each different OS. Just because hardware may run more than one OS does not mean an application written for one will run on the other without emulation software.

Even then, processor-intensive applications are usually not best under emulation. For starters it's slow and it's still a workaround considering the hardware. You're not going to get the best performance and there are usually miscommunications between the hardware and software somewhere along the line. We have typically advised people in the past not to run, for instance, Adobe Photoshop for Windows using Virtual PC on a Mac when you can get Photoshop for Mac and have a more satisfactory experience; Virutal PC itself, while certainly stable, uses enough of the processing power of the machine as it is.

You might be able to get some functionality using a Windows emulator on Linux but for a program such as Nuendo, you would be much better off sticking with Windows. I'm buttuming your experience with Windows wasn't THAT awful but correct me if I'm wrong. If you're stuck on Nuendo but don't like Windows I'd suggest trying Pro Tools and a Mac. If you're OK with Windows then you should go back to Windows to run Pro Tools. If you just want to go to Linux then you'll have to rely on one of our esteemed Linux advocates to recommend an application for Linux that is functionally comparable to Pro Tools but my admittedly uneducated guess is that there isn't one...not Pro Tools, not Nuendo, not Logic and not any other the other well-established industry standard mulbreastrack applications I'm aware of.

The same will be true of applications such as Microsoft Office, although there are functional word processing and e-mail applications that will do fine. I'm not sure about applications such as Powerpoint.

Before you invest in a new OS if you're counting on using the software you already own, be sure and check the system requirements before taking the leap.

If the other guys are right and you're just pulling everyone's chain, you can also go stick it where the sun don't shine. I'll reserve judgment.

Craig