TheGeth Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Hi, I have a low-end PC for CG and I think it can make nice things.I want to learn houdini because it has everything for FX.Now I´m using 3DS max with 4 plugins (fumefx,phoenixFD,rayfire,v-ray) and it´s not good.I want to use Maya for modeling, animation and houdini for FX(water,fire,destruction,...).I´m on Windows 7 now and houdini is unusable(crashing drivers,crashing houdini,ram problems,...).I want system dedicated for my work and I heard that linux is best for houdini but I have no experience with linux system and I know only ubuntu which is not very good for Maya.My PC: Intel Core i3-2100,4GB of ram(will upgrade as soon as possible),AMD HD7750OC,1TB+320GB HDDs.I want to install linux on my second 320GB HDD.Sorry for my english.Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsbt Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Houdini is pretty distribution-agnostic but Maya needs a distro that are RPM-based or can handle RPM-packages. You can convert RPMs to DEBs using Alien, but I haven't used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockstad Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 To be honest, I'm not sure if jumping straight to Linux is the best solution here. If you are having issues with your video drivers and RAM that may be a sign of more systemic problems with your machine that would not be solved by a new operating system. At best you would likely just be trading one set of issues for another. I'm not trying to discourage you from adopting Linux at some point down the road, but I think it's prudent to rule out larger hardware problems before making a big move like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeth Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 To be honest, I'm not sure if jumping straight to Linux is the best solution here. If you are having issues with your video drivers and RAM that may be a sign of more systemic problems with your machine that would not be solved by a new operating system. At best you would likely just be trading one set of issues for another. I'm not trying to discourage you from adopting Linux at some point down the road, but I think it's prudent to rule out larger hardware problems before making a big move like that. I´m doing lots of stuff on my PC (gaming, game programming in Unity,Unreal 4, simulating with other softwares,...)so I think that it isn't a HW problem.The only thing which isn't working is Houdini 14.0.291 apprentice(and every version before).The GPU driver crashed when I imported FBX scene from 3ds max and it was very big but I rescaled it and it was ok.I searched on google and I found peoples which had same issues with houdini and with linux they can do bigger sims without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tar Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 .[snip].I found peoples which had same issues with houdini and with linux they can do bigger sims without a problem. This means the memory doesn't fragment as much as Windows, but you still need a lot more than the 4GB you currently have, say 32GB+ for good simulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbarua Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 http://forums.odforce.net/topic/21031-best-linux-distro-for-houdini/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeth Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Hi again, I finally got 8GB of ram but I still don´t know which distro will be better.CentOS or Ubuntu?Ubuntu is easy to setup but I need to pay for GPU drivers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexey Vanzhula Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi again, I finally got 8GB of ram but I still don´t know which distro will be better.CentOS or Ubuntu?Ubuntu is easy to setup but I need to pay for GPU drivers? You can try Linux Mint. It is very user friendly, especially for ex-windows users. It is Ubuntu based, but many peoples think that Mint more accurate and stable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyparticle Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I recommend Mint or Opensuse. Both very good distros. You can try and see which one suits your needs best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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