[HN Gopher] Linux for UX Designers: What I learn after a year of...
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Linux for UX Designers: What I learn after a year of doing design
work on Linux
Author : sohkamyung
Score : 58 points
Date : 2024-08-07 05:20 UTC (17 hours ago)
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| Avisan wrote:
| Linux offers a compelling alternative for designers seeking
| customization, cost-efficiency, and stability. Your article is
| great. It covers all the important points that can help UX
| designers.
| snide wrote:
| I work as a Web designer in Linux. I'm not sure that I could
| completely get away with it if I wasn't already pretty code /
| frontend focused. I reach quite a bit to web-based tools (Figma,
| Whimsical) when I need to do prototyping, and find things like
| Krita and Inkscape more than competent for actual pixel pushing.
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| Where things fall apart is when you're in larger teams where
| everyone uses the more common tools on the more common OSes.
| Collaboration becomes much harder, and there are certain walls
| you can't cross. The other weak spot is with video editing. There
| are options, but none of them are as easy to use as the ones
| you'll find on OSX.
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| Design requires A LOT of screenshotting, and for that I resorted
| to building my own workflows [0]. That sort of brings up the
| major benefit of Linux as a designer. You really do get to build
| out your "dream" setup, and my Desktop over the years is really
| customized to the way I work, not the way others work. That's
| part of the joy of design for me, and while it certainly will
| limit me to working with Startups or companies that are OK with
| individuality in workflows, it's provided a level of happiness I
| wouldn't trade. If anyone is interested, I wrote about my
| thoughts about using Linux as a designer over here [1].
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| [0]: https://www.davesnider.com/posts/screenshot-app
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| [1]: https://www.davesnider.com/posts/im-a-linux
| jpc0 wrote:
| I can't speak much on graphics but for video I have very
| happily used DaVinci Resolve (Studio but free is good too) and
| have no issues with it on linux. It can be a little bit of a
| pain to get running but so is almost anything on linux but
| ymmv.
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| Our team of video editors have almost universally switched to
| Resolve from Premier ( FCP just doesn't work for us so I have
| no comparison there )
| gen3 wrote:
| I am a big fan of Resolve. For quick and dirty work kdenlive
| is another great editor. Basic in a good way
| carlosjobim wrote:
| I was smeared and defamed here on HN for saying that Linux Gnome
| is a more beautiful looking GUI than MacOS. But I stand by it.
| Gnome is consistent and clear, while MacOS currently looks like a
| Linux knock-off of MacOS. But looks aside, Linux is an atrocious
| OS to actually use for professionals who are not developers.
| Jnr wrote:
| It is great for casual users also. I set up Fedora for my wife
| on older Macbook Air that stopped receiving MacOS updates and
| she has no issues using it.
| xtracto wrote:
| Xfce mint is so awesome for old computers.
|
| I just wish linux was more available for old ARM based set
| top boxes...
| jaredcwhite wrote:
| Modern GNOME is the _only_ reason this macOS fanboy (I was an
| early Switcher in 2001 and never looked back at the PC market)
| has grown to love Linux. I 've been running Fedora in a VM on
| my Mac mini and it's awesome. I'm hoping to pick up a Framework
| laptop later this year and really go hard into the Linux
| lifestyle. I absolutely love the way GNOME apps look and feel,
| and meanwhile macOS feels stagnant and Apple's handling of
| iPadOS (I'm also a big fan of iPad hardware) has been supremely
| frustrating. Time for a change!
| petepete wrote:
| I agree with you. I've used GNOME for 20 years and exclusively
| since 2011 - it just keeps getting better and better.
|
| Every time there's a thread on here I point out that the
| detractors are a vocal minority and gather a load of downvotes.
| zzo38computer wrote:
| I use Linux with mainly the command-line programs, so there is no
| dock, icons, menus, etc. Most functions I will do by the command
| shell with xterm, although I do have some GUI programs. I do not
| use any of the software listed in that article, except Linux
| itself, and Firefox (although it is a rather old version).
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| But, it is good to know about these things so that other people
| who do want to use these programs can know how to use them on
| Linux.
| GenerWork wrote:
| Glad to see another UX designer adopting Framework and Linux!
|
| I'm curious as to what the task list/notetaking application and
| color contrast application are as they look quite useful.
| throwaway74354 wrote:
| These are Planify[1] and Contrast[2]
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| [1] https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.alainm23.planify
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| [2] https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.design.Contrast
| rafaelgoncalves wrote:
| nice article, thanks for this. It's great to know that linux
| increased usability in another areas beyond software development.
| rty32 wrote:
| Unpopular opinion: the web stack including Electron apps, which
| many people here find every opportunity to complain about, made
| this possible.
| DidYaWipe wrote:
| There's an open-source Figma alternative called Penpot:
| https://penpot.app/
|
| When Apple orphaned my late-2014 iMac, I tried OpenCore Legacy,
| but it was plagued by weird glitches and stalls that rendered
| some things (notably Safari) pretty much unusable.
|
| I installed Mint and now I have a nice 25-inch Linux workstation.
| Everything works fine.
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