Promises of FREE-DUMB for Creative Professionals

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They say that "no good thing is this world is free!" (paraphrased). I don't believe the statement is applicable for all circumstances and I believed that Ubuntu Studio was also going to prove this statement wrong.

Being zealous about Open Source apps I quickly downloaded Ubuntu Studio which promised to be beneficial for creative professionals (individuals who do graphics, video and audio editing). It was professed that the applications that came with the OS would be industry standard. Unfortunately they were not!

I tested the OS for myself and found a bunch of stand-alone applications for audio editing (synthesizers, drum machine emulators, voice recording, looping etc...) , that in itself was a setback and definitely provided no competition for Pro Tools or Adobe's Audition. Not to mention that the video editing applications had interfaces that were difficult to maneuver around.

I agree that Ubuntu is breaking ground, producing a Linux based OS that is easy to install and use for the average user. But it fails to be that for the Creative Professionals.

So, not everything that is free is good!